CUPULIFERi^ ' 



elongated, linear ; Fridt a glans (acorn), turbinate or hemispherical, \-^ in. 

 long, projecting \-\ its length from cupule. 



Leaves alternate, 5-8 ins. long, 4—5 ins. broad, broad oval to obovate, deeply 

 pinnatifid, sinuses deep, rounded, lobes divergent, sparingly toothed, teeth 

 prolonged into subulate filament, thin, glabrous, briglit green, or somewhat 

 yellowish-green beneath, young leaves tomentose in angles of veins, petiole 

 \~2\ ins. Autumn tints brilliant scarlet and crimson. 



A deciduous tree, 50 ft. ; Tzvigs olive-green or brown ; Bud-scales glabrous, 

 ciliate, red- brown; JFood heavy, hard, strong, coarse-grained, reddish-brown 

 used for window-sills, door frames, mallets, &;c. 



Introduced from N. America, 1691. 



EVERGREEN OAK, Quercus Ilex. 



Parks, gardens. April, May. Best in good deep sandy loam. This is the 

 best known of the Evergreen Oaks, and a very handsome tree for landscape 

 purposes, greatly resembling the Olive trees of the Italian coast and of the 

 French Riviera. 



Floioers monoecious ; 3I(ile catkins l-2i ins. long, flowers distant, few on 

 a peduncle ; Perianth 6-partite, tomentose ; Stamens 6, anthers tipped with 

 a short point ; Females in racemose groups of 4-8, peduncles tomentose, as long 

 as leaves ; Stigmas short, broad, reflexed ; Fruit a glans (acorn), twice as long as 

 calyx, sessile, ripening in second year, cup liemispiierical, velvety, erect, scales 

 slightly adpressed, tomentose. 



Leaves very variable, elliptical, oblong, ovate, or lanceolate, serrated or 

 entire, acute, lower ones coriaceous, glabrous, sometimes spiny, deep glossy 

 grey-green, hoary l)eneath. 1^-5 ins. long, persisting nearly three years, stipules 

 linear, purplish, dying leaves dirty brown. 



An evergreen s/irnh or small tree, 20-40 ft. ; seldom single-stemmed in 



England, but when so may reach 70-85 ft. ; Tivigs ash-grey ; liai'k ash-grey to 



black, thin, not corky ; Tap-roots very long, lateral roots few ; Wood hard, 



close-grained, heavy, brown, taking high polish, hable to .split in drying. 



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