TREES AND SHRUBS 



white-tomentose, single or grouped, sessile, stigmatic arms 3-4, broad, linear, 

 sessile, reflexed ; Fruit a glans (acorn), cylindric-oblong, |-1| in. long, sub- 

 sessile, ciipule hemispherical or turbinate, scales loose, grey-tomentose, nut 2-3 

 times as long as cupula, acute, polished pale brown. 



Leaves alternate, 1-2 ins. long, \-\^ in. broad, ovate, oval, or oblong, 

 toothed or entire, acute, glabrous, grey-green above, stellate-velvety-hoary 

 beneath, coriaceous, petiole |-j in. long. 



An evergreen tree, 25-70 ft.; Branches much contorted; b?rmc Mets hoavy ; 

 Bnrix rough, thick and corky, cream-coloured. 



Native of S. Europe; introduced 1581. 



YELLOW-BARK OAK, Qucrcus velutina. 



Parks. April, May. 



Floivers monoecious ; Male catkins 4-G ins. long ; Perianth covered with pale 

 hairs, lobes ovate, acute ; Females on short peduncles ; Perianth lobes acute ; 

 Stigmas red, scales ovate ; Fruit a glans, sessile or short-stalked, solitary or 

 in pairs, acorn ovate-oblong to hemispherical, light red-brown, ^-f in. long, 

 enclosed for half its length in a thin red-brown cup. 



Leaves alternate, ovate or oblong, cuneate or truncate at base, usually 

 7-lobed, sinuses wide, rounded, thick, firm, or sub-coriaceous, tomentose when 

 young, dark shining green above, yellow-green or brown below, usually 5-G ins. 

 long, 3-4 ins. wide, sometimes much larger, petioles stout, yellow, 3-G ins. 

 long. Autvunn tints dull red, orange, and brown. 



A deciduous tree, GO-80 ft. ; Branches slender, spreading ; Tivigs red or 

 reddish-brown ; Bark on young stems and branches smootli, dark brown, 

 on old trunks deeply divided into broad rounded ridges ; Buds ovate, angled, 

 tomentose ; Wood heavy, hard, strong, coarse-grained, brown tinged with 

 red. 



Native of N. America. 



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