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ARBORETUM ET F11UT1CETUM BlUTANN ICUM, 



1550. . B'sculus. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate-oblong, sinuated, smooth ; paler beneath ; seg- 

 ments bluntish, somewhat angular at the base. Fruit nearly sessile. Calyx 

 scaly, hemispherical. (Smith.) A deciduous tree of the middle size. South 

 of Europe. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1739. Flowers greenish 

 white ; May. Acorns brown ; ripe in October. 



A very handsome species, quite hardy, and deserving a place in every col- 

 lection. There are large specimens of it in Whitton Park. 



3f 5. Q. (E.) APENNI^NA Lam. The Apennine 

 Oak. 



Identification. Lam. Diet. Encycl. 1. p. 725. ; N. Du Ham., 



7. p. 177. ; Bosc Mem. sur les Chenes. 

 Synonymes. Q. conglomerata Pers. ; Chene hivernal, Fr. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 7. t. 53.; and our fig. 1551. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves oval-oblong, petiolated, 

 sinuated, pubescent beneath, bordered with 

 obtuse lobes, somewhat angular. Acorns 

 oval, disposed along a short peduncle. 

 (Lam.} The leaves are exceedingly woolly 

 beneath ; the acorns small, almost globular, 

 and sometimes borne to the number of 8 

 or 10 on one peduncle, not above I in. in 

 length. The tree does not attain a large 

 size, seldom exceeding the height of 20 It. 

 Not yet introduced ; but apparently only a 

 variety of Q. JS'sculus ; or perhaps even 



identical With it. 1551. Q. ar*nnina. 



ii. Cerris. Mossy -cupped, or Turkey, Oaks. 



Sect. Char. Leaves lobed and sinuated, or dentated ; more or less persistent ; 

 in some varieties, sub-evergreen or evergreen ; always dying off of a dirty 

 white or paper brown, never with any tinge of red or yellow. Buds fur- 

 nished with linear stipules. Fructification generally biennial. Cups echi- 

 nate, ramentaceous, or scaly, squarrose. 



6. Q. CE'RRIS L. The bitter, or mossy-cupped, Oak. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1415. ; N. Du Ham., 7. p. 182. ; Rees's Cycl., No. 83. 



Synonymes. Q. crinlta a, and fi, Lam. Diet. 1. p. 718. ; Q. //aliphlce\>s Juss. in Hort. Par. ; Q. 

 burgundiaca, &c., Bauh. Pin. 420. ; Q. Cerris Plinit, &c., Lob. Icon. 2. 156., Dod. Pempt. 831., 

 Ger. Emac. 1345. ; C'errus Dalech. Hist. vol. 1. p. 6. ; the Turkey Oak ; the Iron, or Wainscot, 

 Oak ; Chene Cerris, Chene chevelu, Chene de Bourgogne, Fr. ; Burgundische Eiche. Cerr-eiche, 

 Ger. ; Cerro Ghiande amare, Hal. 



