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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Q. confertifulia Humb. et Bonp. PI. ^quin. t. 9+., and onv figs. 1686. and 

 1687., Michx. N. Amer. Sjl. 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 20 ft. high. A 

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

 town of Guanajuata and Santa Rosa. Introduced in 1837. 



Q. tiidens Humb. et Bonp. PI. ^quin. 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 flovv- 

 ers almost sessile. {Humb. et 

 Bonp.) A shrub, about 10 ft. 

 high, with round smooth branches. 

 A native of New Spain, and com- 

 mon in the vicinity of Moran. 



T689. Q. tridens. 1690. <?. acutifclia. 



Q. acutifolia Willd., Humb. et Bonp. Fl. jEquin. t. 95., and owr fig. 1690. 

 Introduced in 1839. Horticultural Society's Garden. 



Q. elliptica Willd., Q. mucronata Willd., Q. tcmentosa Willd4 Q, cir- 

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

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

 Q. diversifolia Willd., Q. candicans Willd., Q. 

 microphylla Willd., Q. lobiita Willd., Q. mag- 

 noMcefolia Willd. Q. lutea Willd., and Q.' 

 A-aliciiolia Willd., are described in our first 

 edition. 



Q. Inncijolia Cham, et Schlect. Linnsea v. 

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

 ceolate, serrate, dentate, subcoriaceous, fea- 

 ther-nerved. Fruit sessile. Capsule siib- 

 hemispiierical. Nut conoid. Leaves 3 in. 

 to 6 in. long. Fonnd near Mollino de la 

 Pedreguera. Inlroduced in 1839. H. S. 



Q. petioldriJi 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, 40 ft. high. Found on hills near Huiisca. In- 

 troduced in 1839. Horticultural Society's Garden. 



Q. AyAo^hyWA Benth. Plant. Hartweg. No. 421., Q. A'lamo lh\d. No. 423., 

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

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

 sent home specimens of all, and acorns of some, to the Horticultui'al Society. 



IG91. Q. rugosa. 



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