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c. Natives of Nepal and Mexico. 

 ^ X. Lana't^. Woolly-leaved Oaks. Leaves oval, oblong, or lanceolate ; 

 serrated or dentate ; woolly beneath. 



A. Leaves deciduous. 



A. Natives of Europe. 



i. Roiwr. British Oaks. 



Sect. Char. Leaves lobed and serrated ; d^ing off of a yellowish or russet 

 brown. Bark rough. Buds ovate. Fructification annual. Cups imbricate. 

 Trees from 30 ft. to above 100 ft. high. 



5^ 1. Q. PEDUNCULA^TA IVilld. The co??z?Ho??, or peduncled, British Oak. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., No. 65. ; Ehr. Arb., 77. ; PI. Off., 169. 



Synoiiymes. Q. Rbhur Lin. Sp. PI. H14., Eng. Bot. t. 1342. ; Q. R. pedunculatum Mart. Fl. Rust. 

 t. 10. ; Q. foe'mina Rot/i Germ. 1. p. 408.; Q. racemdsa N. Du Ham. 7. p. 177. ; Q- cum longo 

 pedunculo Bauh. Pin. 4'20. ; Q. //emeris Dalech. Hist. 4. ; Quercus Fuchs Hist. 229. ; Q. navklis 

 Burnet ; White Oak ; Chene blanc Seamdat. p. 16. t. 3. ; Chene pi^doncule ou a Grappes, Cheae 

 femelle, Gravelin, Fr. ; Stiel Eiche, Iriih Eiche, Thai Eiche, Lohe Eiche, Wald Eiche, Gcr. ; 

 Eschio, Querela gentile, Ital. ; Encina roble. Span. 



Derivation. The French and German names signify the white oak, the bunch-fruited oak, the 

 female oak, the stalked oak, the earlj' oak (alluding to the production of the leaves), the valley 

 oak, the tanning oak, and the wood oak. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1342. ; N. Du Ham., 7. t. .54. ; Willd. Abbild., t. 140. ; the plates of this 

 tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vii. ; and onr fig 1542. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves on short footstalks, oblong, smooth, dilated upwards ; 



sinuses rather acute ; lobes obtuse. Stalks of the fruit elongated. Nut 



oblong. ( IVilld.) A large deciduous tree. Europe and Britain. Height 



50 ft. to 100 ft., with spreading tortuous branches and spray, and, when 



^ standing singly, with a head often broader than it is high. Flowers 



^N^^ greenish and white ; April. Nut brown; ripe September. 



Vaiieties. 



1542. Q. pedunculita. 



Q. 

 Q 



2 pubescens Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Leaves downy beneath, 



3 fastigiata. Q. fastigiata Lam.; Q. pyramidalis //or/. ; Chene 

 Cypres, Chene des Pyrenees, Fr. (The plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 

 1st edit., vol. vii. ; and our fig. 1543.) A handsome deciduous tree, 

 resembling in general form the Lombardy poplar. It is found in the 

 valleys of tlie Western Pyrenees, and in the Landes near Bordeaux, 

 though but sparingly, and frequently comes true from seed. In British 

 gardens it grows most rapidly and vigoroi'sly when grafted on the 

 species, or on Q. sessiliflora. 



Q. / . 4 pendula. Q. pendu'a Lodd. Cat. 1836 ; the Weeping Oak. 

 Branches decidedly penuulous. The largest tree of this variety that 



