LXX. CORYLA CEM '. QUE RCUS. 



87' 



soils and situations ; and in others a shrub of dimi- 

 nutive growth. Introduced in 1723. 



Varieties. 



* Q. P, 1 sylvaticus Michx. Hist, des Chenes, No. 



vii. t. 12. (Our fig. 1602.) The leaves are 



long and narrow on old trees, and trilobed 



on seedlings, as in fig. 1598. ; and persistent, 



or deciduous, according to soil and situa- 

 tion. 

 Q. P. 2 latifolius Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. (The 1598 . Q . P , Sjlv4tlcus . 



plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. 



viii. ; and our fig. 1599.) A tree, with the leaves rather broader 



than those of the preceding form. 



1599. Q. P. latifblius. 



ft Q. P. 3 hiimilis Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. ii. p. 625., Catesb. i. t. 22. 

 Leaves shorter and deciduous. A shrub of low straggling 

 growth. 



j* Q. P. 4 sericeus. Q. Phellos Smith and Abb. Ins. ii. t. 51. ; Q. P. 

 pumilus Michx. Hist, des Chenes, t. 13. f. 1. and 2.; Q. humilior 

 salicis folio breviore Cat. Car. i. p. 22. ; the Highland Willow Oak ; 

 Q. serlcea Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 424., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. ii. p. 626. ; 

 Q. pumila Michx. N. Amer. Syl. i. t. 17. ; the running Oak. (Our 

 fig. 1600.) This curious little oak is the smallest of the genus, 

 being only 20 in., or at most 2 ft., in height. 



& t Q. P. 5 cinereus. Q. P. y Lin. Sp. PI. 1412. ; Q. P. j3 cinereus Ait. 

 Hort. Kew. ed. 1. iii. p. 354.; Q. humilis Walt. Carol. 234. ; Q. ci- 

 nerea Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 425., Michx. N. Amer. Syl. i. t. 16. ; the 

 Upland Willow Oak. (Our fig. 1601.) This kind varies so much. 



