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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRlTANNICUIVr. 



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E. Leaves evergreen. 



A. Natives of Europe, 



l^lex. Holm, or Holly, Oaks. 



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

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

 or rongh 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 kerraes insect, and edible acorns. 



5 28. Q. /"lex L. The common evergreen, or Holm, Oak. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., M12. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 5. p. 289. 



Synonymcs. T^lex arbovea Bauh. Hist. 1. p. 95. ; I'Yeuse, or Chene vert, Fr. ; Stein Eiche, Ger. ; 



Elice, Ital. ; Encina, Span. 

 Engraving's. 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 imx fig. 



Spec. Char., S)~c. Leaves ovate-obloiig, acute, coriaceous, entire or serrated ; 

 hoary beneath. Bark even. Kat ovate. (]Villd.) A middle-sized ever- 

 green tree, or large shrub, fevintii 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 ; 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. 



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

 2 Q. L 2serratifdlia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. (Our /g. 1607.) Leaves 



lanceolate, serrated, 

 i ss Q. L 3 {agifdlia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Phellodrys Matth. Valgr. i. 

 p. 189.; /Hex No. 3. Du Ham. Arb. i. t. 224. (Onr fg. 1608.) 

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

 times slightly serrated. 



1607. Q. /. serratifiilia. I60S. Q. /./dgifulia 1G09. (J. 7. 1.itif6lia 



i Q. L 4 cri.^j)a Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Leaves wrinkled at the edges. 

 5 Q. L 5 la/ifo/ia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Q. I. oblonga Hort. (The plate 



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



and 1610.) Leaves broad, nearly entire. 

 5 s Q. I. longifdlia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1S3G. Q. I. ralicifolia i7o?Y. Leaves 



long and very narrow. 

 t i Q. L 7 varicgata Hort. Leaves variegated with white. 





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