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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANMIGUMi 



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B. Leaves evergreen. 

 A. Natives of Europe. 

 ^lex. Holm, or Holly, Oaks. 



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Sect. Char. Leaves ovate or oval, sometimes lanceolate, entire or serrated ; 

 with or without prickly mucros ; downy beneath. Bark smooth and black, 

 or rough and corky. Fructification biennial. Cups imbricate. Nut ovate, 

 acuminate ; sometimes very long in proportion to the cup. Low trees or 

 shrubs, of great commercial interest, from including the oaks which pro- 

 duce cork, the kermes insect, and edible acorns. 



J 28. Q. /'LEX L. The common evergreen, or Holm, Oak. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1412. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 5. p. 289. 



Syn&nymes. .Tlex arbbrea Bauh. Hist. 1. p. 95. ; 1'Yeuse, or Chene vert, Fr. ; Stein Eiche, Ger. ; 



Elice, Ital. ; Encina, Span. 

 Engravings. Blackw. Herb., t. 186. ; N. Du Ham., t. 43, 44. ; Dend. Brit., t. 90. ; the plates of the 



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



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, coriaceous, entire or serrated ; 

 hoary beneath. Bark even. Nut ovate. (IVilld.) A middle-sized ever- 

 green tree, or large shrub. South of Europe, North of Africa, Cochin- 

 China and other parts of Asia. Height 15 ft. to 30 ft. rarely 60 ft. In cul- 

 tivation in British gardens from a very remote period. Flowers greenish 

 white j May. Acorns brown ; ripening the second year. 

 Varieties. These are very numerous, and frequently very distinct ; and, as 

 in the case of every species of oak, they might be greatly increased by 

 selecting from beds of seedling plants. 



t Q. I. 1 integrifolia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Leaves lanceolate, entire. 

 J Q. I. 2 serraiifolia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. (Our fig. 1607.) Leaves 



lanceolate, serrated. 



t * Q. I. 3 fagifo/ia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Phellodrys Matth. Valgr. i. 

 p. 189.; /Mex No. 3. Du Ham. Arb. \. t. 224. (Our/g. 1608.) 

 Leaves broader and less rigid, more or less undulated, and some- 

 times slightly serrated. 



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1607. Q. I. scrratifolia. 1608. Q. /./agifolia 1C09. Q. I. latifdlia. 



Q. I. 4 crispa Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Leaves wrinkled at the edges. 



Q. I. 5 latifolia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Q. /. oblonga Hort. (The plate 



of this variety in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. viii. ; and our figs. 1609. 



and 1610.) Leaves broad, nearly entire. 



Q. I. 6 longifolia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Q. /. salicifolia Hort. Leaves 



long and very narrow. 



Q. I. 7 variegdta Hort. Leaves variegated with .white. 



