260 EVERGREEN OAK 



Acorn velvety above; leaves entire or 

 spinose-dentate and persistent. 



Qaercus Ilex, L. Evergreen Oak, Holme Oak. Small 

 evergreen tree with greyish-green foliage, the leaves often 

 spinose-toothed like Holly. 



Male catkins 4 6 cm. long, with distant flowers, each 

 with a 6-partite perianth, whitish-tomentose, as is also 

 the rachis. Anthers tipped with a short point. Female 

 flowers in raceme-like groups, on tomentose stalks about 

 as long as the leaves ; ovary and cupule grey- tomentose. 

 Stigmatic arms short, broad and blunt, sessile, reflexed. 

 Acorns sessile on the long sinuous or zigzag stalks, up to 

 3'5 cm. long. Cupule hemispherical, of densely imbricate, 

 ovate-lanceolate, tomentose scales. Very variable in shape 

 and size, pale brown, smooth, acute. The aborted seeds 

 occur in the lower part of the shell. 



Stigmatic arms elongated, linear and style- 

 like ; at least as long as the rest of the 

 flower and its cupule. 



f~l Scales of cupule numerous and small, 

 triangular ovate, appressed and closely 

 imbricate, with broad bases. Shell of 

 acorn thick, with remains of septa below. 

 Leaves deciduous, thin, and with pointed 

 lobes. The 5 inflorescences and buds not 

 invested by persistent subulate stipules. 

 Aborted seeds in the upper part of the 

 acorn. Acorns in shallow or turbinate cups. 



Cupule, even in the flower, very shallow 

 and embracing the very base only. Acorn 

 projecting f to f of its length. 



Quercus rubra, L. Red Oak. Small tree, with broad, 

 thin, acutely-lobed leaves, turning bright red in autumn. 



