1484 



allied to Q. chrysolepis: Ivs. usually cordate, oblong-lanceolate, 

 spiny- toothed, soon almost glabrous, l-2Hin. long: acorn ob- 

 long, K-'*4i»- liii:'»- '^'^^ to Ariz. S.S. 8:31)7.—©. Esculus, 



Linn. A > l-;-;! ■ ;.. n: i ■ .1 'm . > t i J --■ ■ ;lr!.>r;i, w ith the Ivs. pu- 

 bescent .■. synonym to Q. 

 sessiliri'H , " ,' / s, ilort. See Q. 

 LucouiI>i:m , '.' . - I :, 1 .^ or shrub, vei-y 

 variabl.-: .■■■■',' ■'.!'■ or yellowish 



spikes, ripening tlie 

 about one-third by tli 

 R.H. 1858.P. 351. S.Z 

 green tree, to 40 ft.: 

 above the middle, f^la 

 long: staminateeaiki 

 connate into conctMit 

 Ilex.— Q. II'K'S. K..i 



allied to Q. 

 lobes mostly 

 I. Evergreen 

 abrous, light 

 erect: fr. in 

 iUt embraced 

 .; III. 16:377. 

 1.. Halt-ever- 



h, larger: t'r. larger. E. 



, Michx. Supposed hy- 



. oblong, narrowed into 



or entire. S.S. 8:436.— 



oiilis. Lam. Half-ever- 



1' 1 > • , t,'rayish tomen- 



' Sometimes Q. 



wH/, Roxb. Ever- 



Ivs. oblong- to 



- .t, . witli 14--J0 



sericea, Willd. =Q. 

 tree: Ivs. obovate-obi 

 and glabrous below, 



scales, embracing 01 

 P.F.G. •], p. 36. -C- 

 supposed hybrid of 

 obovate-oblong, witli 

 green and almost gl; 

 duncled spikes; seal 



L^ with 10-16 

 . smaller, ciip 

 ; = Q. lanata. 



rounded at the 

 Half -evergreen ^ 

 serrate, light g 

 2-4 in. long: aeo 

 ing. A.iaMin.. 

 ■which is iin.l';ib 



tire, glabrous, yellowish greeu beneath. 1-5 in. lung: acorn em- 

 braced about one-half by the cup. Colo, to Calif, and Tex. 

 SS. 8:406. Alfred Rehder. 



QTJESNfiLIA. ^ee Billbergia, 

 QUICKTHORN. Cratcegus Oxyacantha. 



QUILLAJA (from QuiUai, the Chilean name, which 



, .111- f r MM, ,.-;//, vfn. to wash; the bark of the tree con- 

 1 M - ^ , , ,. ,i| alkaline compound, which makes it 



, ;! I ft'i'sttceae. A genus of about 4 species 



' , .\ <Tgreen trees, mostly American: Ivs. 



i:ii|'|. .iiiii. -I drntate, shining, coriaceous: fls. axil- 

 l:iry and tcrmiiuii, solitary or clustered ; calyx coria- 

 ceous, persistent, with 5 valvate lobes; petals 5, small, 

 spatulate; stamens 10: fr. 5, oblong, obtuse, follicles 

 oidierent at their bases. 



Saponiria, :\ru]iii;i. So.m- Hakk Tree. A lar-.- tree: 



