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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Q. confertifolia Humb. et Bonp. PI. Mqmn. t. 94., and our figs. 1686. and 

 1687., Michx. N. Amer. Syl. 1. p. 106. Leaves evergreen, linear-lanceolate, 

 mucronated, recurved at the margin, quite entire ; downy beneath. Fruit 

 sessile. (Humb. et Bonp.) An evergreen shrub, from 15ft. to 20ft. high. A 

 native of the temperate and mountainous regions of New Spain, between the 

 town of Guanajuata and Santa Rosa. Introduced in 1837. 



Q. tndens Humb. et Bonp. PL ^Equin. t. 96., and our fig. 1689., Michx. 

 N. Amer. Syl. 1. p. 107. Leaves oblong, retuse at the base, generally broader 

 towards the apex, 3-dentate ; teeth terminated by bristly points ; downy 

 beneath. Spikes of female flow- 

 ers almost sessile. (Humb. et 

 Bonp.} A shrub, about 10 ft. 

 high, with round smooth branches. N^M 



A^native of New Spain, and com- 

 inon in the vicinity of Moran. 



1689. Q. tridens. 



Q. acutifdlia. 



Q. acutifblia Willd., Humb. et Bonp. PI. ^Iquin. t. 95., and our^g. 1690, 

 Introduced in 1839. Horticultural Society's Garden. 



Q. elliptica Willd., Q. mucronata Willd., Q. tementosa Willd., Q. cir- 

 cinata Willd., Q. splendens Willd., Q. rugosa 

 Willd. (fig. 1691.), Q. macrophylla Willd., 

 Q. diversi folia Willd., Q. candicans Willd., Q. 

 microphylla Willd., Q. lobata Willd., Q. mag- 

 nolifsfolia Willd. Q. lutea WUld., and Q. 

 salicifolia Willd., are described in our first 

 edition. 



Q. lancifolia Cham, et Schlect. Linnaea v. 

 p. 78. Leaves smooth, narrow, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, serrate, dentate, subcoriaceous, fea- 

 ther-nerved. Fruit sessile. Capsule sub- 

 hemispherical. Nut conoid. Leaves Sin. 



to 6 in. long. Found near Mollino de la 169l . Q . rag6sa . 



Pedreguera. Introduced in 1839. H. S. 



Q. petioldris Benth. Plant. Hartweg. No. 420. Leaves oblong, acute, 

 entire ; woolly beneath. Fruit sub-sessile, sub-solitary. Leaves between 

 2 in. and 3 in. long. A tree, 40ft. high. Found on hills near Huasca. In- 

 troduced in 1839. Horticultural Society's Garden. 



Q. dysophylla Benth. Plant. Hartweg. No. 421., Q. A'lamo Ibid. No. 423., 

 Q. barbinervis Ibid. No. 427., Q. glabrescens Ibid. No. 428., Q. Hartwegi 

 Ibid. No. 432., and some others, have been discovered by Hartweg, who has 

 sent home specimens of all, and acorns of some, to the Horticultural Society. 



