PSEUDO-WOODS 



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knobs, buttons, balls, and various other small articles of 

 turnery. 



For the most part, pseudo-woods, although sometimes 



Fig. 267. — Cork Oak (Quercus Suhcr, Beech Family, Fagaccce). A, fruiting 

 branch. B, twig with staminate flower-clusters. C, staminate flower. 

 D, pistillate flower. (Redrawn after Schneider.) — Tree growing 15 m. 

 tall; bark thick and spongy; leaves whitish, hairy beneath; flowers 

 yellowish; fruit brownish. Native home, Southern Europe, and 

 Northern Africa. 



locally important, are of comparatively small use and need 

 not here be further discussed. 



