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QUERCUS 



QUILLAJA 



aeom. S.Z. vol. I. 2. G.C. II. 12:233. Very desirable evergreen 

 tree of vigorous growth. Var. variegata.Hort. Lvs. smaller, with 

 a broad, irregular, creamy-white margin. G.C. II. 12:233.— Q. 

 Douglasi, Hook. & Am. Tree, to 6U ft., with dense, round- 

 topped head: allied to Q. Garryana, but lvs. bluish green, less 

 deeply lobed, often only siuuately dentate. Calif. S.S. 8:386. 

 — Q. dunwsa, Nutt. Evergreen rigid shrub to 8 ft. or occa- 

 sionally tree to 30 ft.: lvs. oblong to obovate, entire or siuuately 

 toothed, pubescent, grayish green, %-2, rarely to 3 in. long: fr. 

 usually solitary and sessile; acorn oval, 3^-l>2 in. long, em- 

 braced one-third to two-thirds by the cup. Very variable. 

 Calif. S.S.8:3i)2.— Q. Emoryi, Ton. Evergreen tree, to 40 ft.: 



2053. Quercas chrysolepis. 

 (X3^.) No. 38. 



2054. Quercus agrifolia. 

 (XK.) No. 39. 



allied to Q. chrysolepis. lvs. ustially cordate, oblong-lanceolate, 

 spinv-toothed, soon almost glabrous, l-23^in. long: acorn ob- 

 long, y^-y^\n. high. Tex. to Ariz. S.S. 8:397. — Q. Escuhis, 

 Linn. A S. European form of Q. sessilitiora, with the lvs. pu- 

 bescent when young and deeply pinnatifid: synonym to Q. 

 sessiliflora, var. aurea, DC— Q. Fulhameiisis, Hort. See Q. 

 Lucombeana. — Q. Odmbeli, Nutt. Small tree or shrub, very 

 variable: allied to Q. alba: lvs. smaller, pale or yellowish 

 green and usually finely pubescent below: fr. smaller, sessile. 

 Colo, to Utah and Mex. S.S. 8:366, 367. Gt.44, p. 7.—Q. Oeor- 

 giana, Curtis. Shrub, 6-8 ft., rarely small tree: allied to Q. 

 palustris: lvs. smaller, less deeply lobed and lobes mostly 

 entire. Ga. S.S 8:425. Hardy. — Q. {/M&ra, Thunb. Evergreen 

 tree: lvs. oblong, obtusely acuminate, entire, glabtc'is, light 

 green oenetith, 3-6 in. long: staminate catkins erect: fr. in 

 spikes, ripening the second lyear:, the oblong nut embraced 

 about one-third by the cup. Jap. G.C. II. 14:785; III. 16:377. 

 R.H. 1858, p. 351. S.Z. vol.1. 8>.). — Q. glafica, Thunb. Half-ever- 

 green tree, to 40 ft.: lvs. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate 

 above the middle, glaueotis and appressed silky beneath, 2-5 in. 

 long; staminate catkins pendulous, panieled : cup with the scales 

 connate into concentric rings. Jap. — Q. Oramtintia, Linn.=Q. 

 Ilex. — Q. Haas, Kotschy. Closely allied to Q. peduneulata: 

 lvs. sparingly stellate-pubescent beneath, larger: fr. larger. E. 

 Eu , W. Asia. Htirdy.— Q. heterophylla, Mie}\x. Supposed hy- 

 Drid of Q. Phellos and Q. velutina: lvs. oblong, narrowed into 

 the petiole S'uuately lo'.,^d or toothed or entire. S.S. 8:436. — 

 Q. /ii/HMits, Walt= Q. cin^re .. — Q hiirnilis. Lam. Half-ever- 

 green shrub, with oval, coarsely aent.n^ !">' grayish tomen- 

 tose beneath: fr. almost sessile. Portugal, (v'imetimes Q. 

 prinoides is sold under this name.— Q. inc«/ia, Roxd. Ever- 

 green tree, to 60 ft.: allied to Q. variabilis: lvs. oblong- to 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, mueronate-serrate, with 14-20 

 pairs of veins, glossy above whitish tomentose beneath, 3-6 in. 

 long: fr. sessile; acorn about 1 in. long, at first almost enclosed 

 by the eampanulate, rather thin cup. Himalayas. Sometimes 

 united with Q. lanata. Recently advertised by Pranceschi. — Q. 

 inf ectoria, OHy.^Q. Lusitanica, var. infectoria — Q. inversa, 

 Lindl. =Q. thalassica.— Q. lanata. Wall. Evergreen tree, to 

 80 ft.; allied to Q. incana: lvs. oblong-lanceolate, with 10-16 

 pairs of veins, remotely toothed, 4-8 in. long: fr. smaller, cup 

 hemispherical. Himalayas. — Q. lanuginosa, Don = Q. lanata. 

 — Q. Ledna, Nutt. Supposed hybrid of Q. imbriearia and velu- 

 tina : lvs. oblong or obovate-oblong, sinuately toothed or entire, 

 rounded at the base. S.S. 8:434. Hardy. — Q. Libam,0\iw. 

 Half-evergreen shrub or small tree: lvs. obloiig-ovate, coarsely 

 serrate, light green and at length almost glabrous beneath, 

 2-4 in. long; acorn almost wholly enclosed; scales little spread- 

 ing. Asia Minor. R.H. 1872, p. 1.55; 1877, p. 173 (not p. 172. 

 which is probably Q. jEgilops). Gn. 1, p. 618.— Q. Lucombeana, 

 Sweet. (Q. Cerris, var. Lucombeana, Loud. Q. Cerris, var. sub- 

 perennis, DC). Supposed hybrid of Q. Cerris and Q. Suber. 

 Half -evergreen tree to 70 ft., with broad, round head; lvs. oval- 

 ovate, coarsely serrate, tomentose beneath, 2-3V2in. long: cup 

 with subiilate spreading scales. Probably of the same paren- 

 tage as Q. Fulhamensis, differing by symmetrical pyramidal 

 habit and more corky bark. Gn. 27, pp. 476-478. — Q. Lusitdfi- 

 ica, L;un, Half-evergreen tree, sometimes shrub: lvs. oval to 

 ovate-lanceolate, coarsely and deeply serrate, pubescent be- 

 neath, 1-2 in. long: cup with appressed scales, emiir.acing one- 

 half to one-third of the nut. S. Eu. Var. infectoria, DC, is 

 more shruliby and has the lvs. less pubescent beneath. — Q. 

 Macedi'mlca, !)('. Evergreen tree or shrub: lvs. oval oblong, 

 serrate, light green and sparingly pubescent beneath, \%-',\ in. 

 long; cup with the lower scales appressed, tlie middle ones 

 spreading and the upper ones inversed, almost enclosing the 

 nut. Macedonia, Albania.— Q. -macranthc'ra, Fisch. & Mey. 

 Tree, to .50 ft.: allied to Q. conferta: lvs. larger and less deeply 

 lobed, with 8-10 ovate lobes on each side, pubescent, 4-7 in. 



long. Cauc. to N. Persia. Hardy.— Q. wacrdZepis, Kotschy. A. 

 variety of Q. .^Egilops, with larger, less deeply lobed lvs. and 

 the scales of the cup large and strongly recurved. Creta. — Q. 

 oblonuifbiia, Torr. Evergreen small tree, to 30 ft., with spread- 

 ing, often contorted branches: allied to Q. undulata. Lvs. 

 ovate to obovate, entire or spiny-toothed, glabrous, bluish 

 green, 1-3 in. long: cup embracing abotit one-third of tJie ovate 

 nut. Ariz, to Mex. and W. Tex. S.S. 8:388. G.F. 1:140.— y. 

 pagodaefblia, Ashe (Q. falcata, var. pagodsefolia. Ell.). Tree, 

 to 100 ft., with spreading branches forming an oval or oblong 

 head; closely allied to Q. euneata: lvs. with 7-11 narrowly tri- 

 angular lobes, whitish tomentulose beneath. Va. to N. C to 

 Ga. in swamps. — Q. j/hillyrceoldes. A. Gray. Evergreen tree or 

 shrub, with broadly oval to oblong-oval lvs., crenately serrate, 

 except at the base, glabrous, 1-2% in. long: cup with appressed 

 scales, small. Javan.— Q. Pontica, Koch. Tree or shrub; lvs. 

 oblong-oval, serrate, glabrous, glaucescent beneath, 4-6 in. long: 

 cup with ovate- lanceolate scales, enclosing about one-half of 

 the nut. Asia Minor. Gt. 40, p. 510. Hardy. — Q. Pseudostiber, 

 Santi. Evergreen or half -evergreen tree, allied to Q. Suber: 

 liark less corky; lvs. more deeply serrate, thinner and less to- 

 mentose beneath: cup with recurved scales. Italy, N. Afr. — Q. 

 ptlmila, Walt. (Q. Phellos, var. pumila, Miehx. Q. sericea, 

 Willd.). Half -evergreen spreading shrub, to 12 ft., similar to 

 Q. cinerea: lvs. oblong to linear-oblong, entire or coarsely 

 toothed, tomentulose beneath, glabrous at length: acorn sub- 

 globose, ]/i in. high; maturation annual. N. C to Fla. S.S. 

 8:404. — Q. Pyrami, Kotschy. Variety of Q. iEgilops, with the 

 lvs. less deeply and very irregularly lobed: cup embracing one- 

 third of the acorn, with the lower scales loosely appressed, the 

 upper ones recurved. Asia Minor. — Q. reticulata, Humb. & 

 Bonpl. Half-evergreen tree, to 30 ft., or shrub: lvs. oval or 

 obovate, spiny-dentate toward the apex, bluish green, tomen- 

 tose and reticulate beneath, 1-5 in. long: fr. in slender-stalked 

 spikes; cup with appressed scales. Ariz, and N. J!! -^x to M°-. 

 S.S. 8:390.- Q. rotunda, Hort. = phillyreoides -\^.i„i,eropriyUa, 

 Lindl. Evergieen tree: lvs. oval to oblong-obovate or oblong, 

 acuminate, serrate toward the apex, glaucescent beneath, 

 2^2-6 in. long: fr. in peduncled spikes, nut not much exceeding 

 the cup; bract ovate, an>ressed. N.China. Paxt. Flow. Gard. 

 1, p. 37. This is probably the Q. Chinensis, Abel Sometimes 

 Q. Turneri is cult, under the name of Q. sclerophylla.— Q. 

 sericea, Willd. =Q. pumila. — Q. serrdta, Thunb. Evergreen 

 tree: lvs. obovate-oblong to oblong, acute, serrate, light green 

 and glabrous below, 2-8 in. long: fr. sessile; cup with large, 

 spreading and recurved scales, embracing two-thirds of thO' 

 nut. Corea, Jap.— Q. Skinneri, Benth. Tree, to 70 ft.; lvs. 

 slender-stalked, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, sinuately serrate 

 with bristly teeth, glabrous, 3-6 in. long; fr. sessile; acorn 

 subglobose, large. S. Mex., Gnat. G.C.\9A1:11G.—Q.thaldssica, 

 Hance. Evergreen tree: lvs. elliptic to obovate-oblong, acumi- 

 nate, serrate toward the apex or entire, glaueous-tomentulose' 

 beneath, 3-5 in. long: fr. in short spikes; cup with appressed 

 scales, embracing one-fourth to one-third of the nut. China. 

 P.F.G. '1, p. 36. — Q. Turneri, Willd. Half-evergreen tree: 

 supposed hybrid of Q. Ilex and Q. peduneulata: lvs. oval to 

 obovate-oblong, with 4-8 ascending teeth on each side, light 

 green and almost <'l"'^:ous beneath at length: frs. few, in pe- 

 duncled spiker,. scales appress,;d. Of garden origin. Some- 

 times cultivated under the names Q. glandulifera, Austriaca 

 sempervirens, Pseudosuber and scK "ophylla.— y. unchdata, 

 Torr. Small tree or shrub: allied to Q. Douglasi, will smaller, 

 less deeply lobed, bluish green lvs. pubescent below: nut 

 smaller. Colo, to Ariz, and Tex. S.S. 8:385.-0. Ungeri, 

 Kotschy. Variety of Q. yEgilops; lvs. smaller, lobed: cup 

 with recurved scales, not much shorter than acorn. Asia Minor. 

 — Q. Vibraydna, Franeh & Sav. (Q. bambusfefolia. Fort., not 

 Hance.). Evergreen tree, to 50 ft., allied to Q. glauca: lvs. 

 lanceolate, serrate, glabrous and gl.aucous beneath, 3-5 in. long: 

 acorn oblong-ovate, much exceeding the lamellose cup. Jap. — 

 Q. WisUzeni, DC. Evergreen tree, to 80 ft. : allied to Q. agri- 

 folia: lvs. ovate to oblong-lanceolate, sinuately dentate or en- 

 tire, glabrous, yellowish green beneath, 1-5 in. long; acorn em- 

 braced about one-half by the cup. Colo, to Calif, and Tex. 

 S.S. 8:406. Alfred Rehder. 



QUESNfiLIA. See Billhergia. 

 QUICKTHORN. Cratmgus Oxyacantha. 



QUILLAJA (from Quillni, the Chilean name, which 

 comes from quillean, to wash; the bark of the tree con- 

 tains saponin, an alkaline compound, which makes it 

 useful as soap). Ho.^dceac. A genus of about 4 .species 

 of extra-troi)ical evergreen trees, mostly American: lvs. 

 simple, entire or dentate, shining, coriaceous: Hs. axil- 

 lary and terminal, solitary or clustered ; calyx coria- 

 ceous, persistent, with 5 valvate lobes; petals ;"). small, 

 spatulate; stamens 10: fr. 5, oblong, obtuse, follicles 

 coherent at their bases. 



Sapond,ria, Molina. Soap Bark Tree. A large tree: 

 lvs. 1^4-12 in. long, ovate, shining, dentate, short-peti- 

 oled: Ms. white, about % in. across, usually terminal, 

 solitary or in clusters of .V5 on the same peduncle. 

 Chile. B.M. 75G8.-Cult. in S. Calif. 



