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C. Natives of Nepal and Mexico. 



x. LANA'T.E. Woolly-leaved Oaks. Leaves oval, oblong, or lanceolate ; 

 serrated or dentate ; woolly beneath. 



A. Leaves deciduous. 



A. Natives of Europe. 

 i. Hobur. British Oaks. 



Sect. Char. Leaves lobed and serrated ; dying off of a yellowish or russet 

 brown. Bark rough. Buds ovate. Fructification annual. Cups imbricate. 

 Trees from 30 ft. to above 100 ft. high. 



y 1. Q. PEDUNCULAH-A Willd. The common, or peduncled, British Oak. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., No. 65. ; Ehr. Arb., 77. ; PI. Off., 169. 



Synonymes. Q. A'6bur Lin. Sp. PI. 1414., Eng. Bot. t. 1342. ; Q. R. pedunculatum Mart. Ft. Rust. 

 ' jerm. 1. p. 408. ; Q racem&sa N. Du I 



Ham. 7. p. 177. ; Q. cum longo 

 pedunculo Bauh. Pin. 420. ; Q. 7/efneris Dalech. Hist. 4. ; Quercus Fuchs Hist. 229. ; Q. navalis 



t. 10. ; Q. foe'mina Roth Ge 

 pedunculo Bauh. Pin. 420. ; 

 Burnet ; White Oak ; Chene blauc Secondat, p. 16. t. 3. ; Chime pldoncule ou a Grappes, Chene 



Burnei ; W nite Oak ; Chene blanc Secondat, p. 16. t. 3. ; Chene pdoncule ou a Grappes, Chene 



femelle, Gravelin, Fr. ; Stiel Eiche, rriih Eiche, Thai Eiche, Lohe Eiche, Wald Eiche, Ger. ; 



Eschio, Quercia gentile, Ital. ; Encina roble, Span. 

 Derivation. The French and German names signify the white oak, the bunch-fruited oak, tho 



female oak, the stalked oak, the early oak (alluding to the production of the leaves), the valley 



oak, the tanning oak, and the wood oak. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1342. ; N. Du Ham., 7. t. 54. ; Willd. Abbild., t. 140. ; the plates of this 



tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vii. ; and OUT fig 1542. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves on short footstalks, oblong, smooth, dilated upwards ; 

 sinuses rather acute ; lobes obtuse. Stalks of the fruit elongated. Nut 

 oblong. (Willd.} A large deciduous tree. Europe and Britain. Height 

 50ft. to 100ft., with spreading tortuous branches and spray, and, when 

 ^ standing singly, with a head often broader than it is high. Flowers 



greenish and white; April. Nut brown; ripe September. 



Varieties. 



pedunculate. 



Q. p, 2 pubescens Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Leaves downy beneath. 



Q. p. 3 fasligiata. Q. fastigiata Lam. ; Q. pyramidalis Hort. ; Chene 

 Cypres, Chene des Pyrenees, Fr. (The plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 

 1st edit., vol. vii. ; and our Jig. 1543.) A handsome deciduous tree, 

 resembling in general form the Lombardy poplar. It is found in the 

 valleys of the Western Pyrenees, and in the Landes near Bordeaux, 

 though but sparingly, and frequently comes true from seed. In British 

 gardens it grows most rapidly and vigorously when grafted on the 

 species, or on Q. sessiliflora. 



Q. /. ^pendula. Q. pendn^a Lodd. Cat. 1836 ; the Weeping Oak. 

 Branches decidedly penuulous. The largest tree of this variety that 

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