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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BUITANNICUM, 





lo.'.O. Q. E'scdius. 



Spec. Chat:, ^c. Leaves ovate-oblong, siniiated, smooth ; paler beneath ; seg- 

 ments bluntish, somewhat angular at the base. Fruit nearly sessile. Calyx 

 scaly, hemispherical. (Smith.) A deciduous tree of the middle size. South 

 of Europe. Height 20 ft. to .30 ft. Introduced in 1739. Flowers greenish 

 white ; May. Acorns brown ; ripe in October. 



A very handsome species, quite hardy, and deserving a place in every col- 

 lection. There are large specimens of it in Whitton Park. 



5. Q. (E.) APENNrNA Lam. 

 Oak. 



The Apennine 



Identification. Lam. Diet. Encycl. I. p. 725. ; N. Du Ham., 



7. p. 177. ; Bosc Mem. sur les Chenes. 

 Synonymes. Q. conglomerata I'ers. ; Chene hivernal, Fr. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 7.t. 53.; and ourjig. 1651. 



Spec. C/iar., Sj-c. Leaves oval-oblong, petiolated, 

 sinuated, pubescent beneath, bordered with 

 obtuse lobes, somewhat angular. Acorns 

 oval, disposed along a short peduncle. 

 (Lam.) The leaves are exceedingly woolly 

 beneath ; the acorns small, almost globular, 

 and sometimes borne to the number of 8 

 or 10 on one peduncle, not above 1 in. iry 

 length. The tree does not attain a large 

 size, seldom exceeding the height of 20 ft. 

 Not yet introduced ; but apparently only a 

 variety of Q. jB'scuIus ; or perhaps even 

 identical with it. 





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1 351. Q. apcnnlna. 



ii. Qerris. Mossy -cuj)ped, or Turkey, Oaks. 



Sect. Char. Leaves lobed and sinuated, or dentated ; more or less persistent ; 

 in some varieties, sub-evergreen or evergreen ; always dying off of a diity 

 white or paper brown, never with any tinge of red or yellow. Buds fur- 

 nished with linear stipules. Fructification generally biennial. Cups eclii- 

 nate, ramentaccous, or scaly, squarrose. 



'i 6. Q. Ce'rris L. The bitter, or mossi/-cupped. Oak. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. Pi., 1415.; N. Du Ham., 7. p. 182. ; Rees's Cycl., No. 83. 



Syiumynies. Q. crinita a and fi. Lam. Did. 1. p. 718. ; Q. //aliphlceVs Jvss. m Horl. Par. ; Q. 

 burgundiaca, &c., /ynA. T'm. 420. ; Q. Cerris Plini/, &c., l.ob.Icvn.2. 156., Dud. I'empt. 831., 

 Ger. Einac. 1345, ; Cerrus Dalrch. Hist. vol. 1. p. 6. ; the Turkey Oak ; the Iron, or Wainscot, 

 Oak ; Chene Cerris, Chene chevelu, Chene de Bourgogue, Fr. ; Burgundische Eiche, Cerr-eiche, 

 Ger. ; Cerro Ghiande araare, Ital. 



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