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QUERCUS 



QUILLAJA 



acorn. S.Z. vol. I. 2. G.C. II. 12:233. Very desirable evergreen 

 tree of vigorous growth. Var. variegata, Hort. Lvs. smaller, with 

 a broad, irregular, creamy-white margin. G.C. II. 12:233. Q, 

 Douglasi, Hook. & Arn. Tree, to 60 ft., with dense, round- 

 topped head: allied to Q. Garryana, but Ivs. bluish green, less 

 deeply lobed, often only sinuately dentate. Calif. S.S. 8:386. 

 Q. durnbsa, Nutt. Evergreen rigid shrub to 8 ft. or occa- 

 sionally tree to 30 ft. : Ivs. oblong to obovate, entire or simiately 

 toothed, pubescent, grayish green, %-2, rarely to 3 in. long: fr. 

 usually solitary and sessile; acorn oval, %-!% in. long, em- 

 braced one-third to two-thirds by the cup. Very variable. 

 Calif. S. 8.8:392. Q. Emoryi,Torr. Evergreen tree, to 40 ft.: 



2053. Quercus chrysolepis. 

 No. 38. 



2054. Quercus agrifolia. 

 (XKJ No. 39. 



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

 spiny-toothed, soon almost glabrous, 1-2% in. long: acorn ob- 

 long, %-%in. high. Tex. to Ariz. S.S. 8:397. Q. Esculus, 

 Linn. A S. European form of Q. sessiliflora, with the Ivs. pu- 

 bescent when young and deeply pinnatifid: synonym to Q. 

 sessiliflora, var. aurea, DC. Q. Fulhamensis, Hort. See Q. 

 Lucombeana. Q. Gdmbeli, Nutt. Small tree or shrub, very 

 variable: allied to Q. alba: Ivs. smaller, pale or yellowish 

 green and usually finely pubescent below: fr. smaller, sessile. 

 Colo, to Utah and Mex. S.S. 8:366, 367. Gt.44, p. 7.Q. Geor- 

 gidna, Curtis. Shrub, 6-8 ft., rarely small tree: allied to Q. 

 palustris: Ivs. smaller, less deeply lobed and lobes mostly 

 entire. Ga. S.S 8:425. Hardy. Q. gldbra, Thunb. Evergreen 

 tree: Ivs. oblong, obtusely acuminate, entire, glabrous, light 

 green beneath, 3-6 in. long: staminate catkins erect: fr. in 

 spikes, ripening the second lyear: the oblong nut embraced 

 about one-third by the cup. Jap. G.C. II. 14:785; III. 16:377. 

 R.H. 1858, p. 351. S.Z. vol. I. 89. Q. glauca, Thunb. Half -ever- 

 green tree, to 40 ft.: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate 

 above the middle, glaucous and appressed silky beneath, 2-5 in. 

 long: staminate catkins pendulous, panicled: cup with the scales 

 connate into concentric rings. Jap. Q. Gramuntia, Linn.=Q. 

 Ilex. Q. Haas, Kotschy. Closely allied to Q. pedunculata: 

 Ivs. sparingly stellate-pubescent beneath, larger: fr. larger. E. 

 Eu , W. Asia. Hardy. Q. heterophylla, Michx. Supposed hy- 

 brid of Q. Phellos and Q. velutina: Ivs. oblong, narrowed into 

 the petiole sinuately lobad or toothed or entire. S.S. 8:436. 

 Q. humuis, Walt, = Q. cinorei. Q, humilis, Lam. Half -ever- 

 green shrub, with oval, coarsely aentate Ivs. -grayish tomen- 

 tose beneath: fr. almost sessile. Portugal. Sometimes Q. 

 prinoides is sold under this name. Q. incdna, Roxb. Ever- 

 green tree, to 60 ft.: allied to Q. variabilis: Ivs. oblong- to 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, mucronate-serrate, with 14-20 

 pairs of veins, glossy above, whitish tomentose beneath, 3-6 in. 

 long: fr. sessile; acorn about 1 in. long, at first almost enclosed 

 by the campanulate, rather thin cup. Himalayas. Sometimes 

 united with Q. lanata. Recently advertised by Franceschi. Q. 

 infectoria, Oliv. = Q. Lusitanica, var. infectoria. Q. inversa, 

 Lindl. = Q. thalassica. Q. lanata, Wall. Evergreen tree, to 

 80 ft.: allied to Q. incana: Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, with 10-16 

 pairs of veins, remotely toothed, 4-8 in. long: fr. smaller, cup 

 hemispherical. Himalayas. Q. lanugindsa, Don = Q. lanata. 

 Q. Ledna, Nutt. Supposed hybrid of Q. imbricaria and velu- 

 tina: Ivs. oblong or obovate-oblong, sinuately toothed or entire, 

 rounded at the base. S.S. 8:434. Hardy. Q. Libani, Oliv. 

 Half-evergreen shrub or small tree: Ivs. oblong-ovate, coarsely 

 serrate, light green and at length almost glabrous beneath, 

 2-4 in. long : acorn almost wholly enclosed ; scales little spread- 

 ing. Asia Minor. R.H. 1872, p. 155; 1877, p. 173 (not p. 172, 

 which is probably Q. ^Egilops). Gn. 1, p. 618. Q. Lucombeana, 

 Sweet. (Q. Cerris, var. Lucombeana, Loud. Q. Cerris, var. sub- 

 perennis, DC.). Supposed hybrid of Q. Cerris and Q. Suber. 

 Half -evergreen tree to 70 ft., with broad, round head: Ivs. oval- 

 ovate, coarsely serrate, tomentose beneath, 2-3% in. long: cup 

 with subulate spreading scales. Probably of the same paren- 

 tage as Q. Fulhamensis, differing by symmetrical pyramidal 

 habit and more corky bark. Gn. 27, pp. 476-478. Q. Lusitdn- 

 tea, Lam. Half -evergreen tree, sometimes shrub: Ivs. oval to 

 ovate-lanceolate, coarsely and deeply serrate, pubescent be- 

 neath, 1-2 in. long: cup with appressed scales, embracing one- 

 half to one-third of the nut. S. Eu. Var. infectoria, DC., is 

 more shrubby and has the Ivs. less pubescent beneath. Q. 

 Maceddnica, DC. Evergreen tree or shrub: Ivs. oval-oblong, 

 serrate, light green and sparingly pubescent beneath, l%-3 in. 

 long; cup with the lower scales appressed, the middle ones 

 spreading and the upper ones inversed, almost enclosing the 

 nut. Macedonia, Albania. Q. macranthera, Fisch. & Mey. 

 Tree, to 50 ft.: allied to Q. conferta: Ivs. larger and less deeply 

 lobed, with 8-10 ovate lobes on each side, pubescent, 4-7 in. 



long. Cauc. to N. Persia. Hardy. Q. viacrolepis, Kotschy. A 

 variety of Q. ^Egilops, with larger, less deeply lobed Ivs. and 

 the scales of the cup large and strongly recurved. Greta. Q 

 oblongifblia, Torr. Evergreen small tree, to 30 ft., with spread- 

 ing, often contorted branches: allied to Q. undulata. Lvs. 

 ovate to obovate, entire or spiny-toothed, glabrous, bluish 

 green, 1-3 in. long: cup embracing about one-third of the ovate 

 nut. Ariz, to Mex. and W. Tex. S.S. 8:388. G.F. 1:140, Q. 

 pagodaefblia, Ashe (Q. falcata, var. pagodaefolia, Ell.). Tree, 

 to 100 ft., with spreading branches forming an oval or oblong 

 head; closely allied to Q. cuneata: Ivs. with 7-11 narrowly tri- 

 angular lobes, whitish tomentulose beneath. Va. to N. C. to 

 Ga. in swamps. Q. phillyrceoldes, A. Gray. Evergreen tree or 

 shrub, with broadly oval to oblong-oval Ivs., crenately serrate, 

 except at the base, glabrous, 1-2% in. long: cup with appressed 

 scales, small. Japan. Q. Pontica, Koch. Tree or shrub: Ivs. 

 oblong-oval, serrate, glabrous, glaucescent beneath, 4-6 in. long: 

 cup with ovate- lanceolate scales, enclosing about one-half of 

 the nut. Asia Minor. Gt. 40, p. 510. Hardy. Q. Pseudosuber , 

 Santi. Evergreen or half-evergreen tree, allied to Q. Suber: 

 bark less corky: Ivs. more deeply serrate, thinner and less to- 

 mentose beneath: cup with recurved scales. Italy, N. Afr. Q. 

 pumila, Walt. (Q. Phellos, var. pumila, Michx. Q. sericea, 

 Willd.). Half-evergreen spreading shrub, to 12 ft., similar to 

 Q. cinerea: Ivs. oblong to linear-oblong, entire or coarsely 

 toothed, tomentulose beneath, glabrous at length: acorn sub- 

 globose, %in. high; maturation annual. N. C. to Fla. S.S. 

 8:404. Q. Pyrami, Kotschy. Variety of Q. ^Egilops, with the 

 Ivs. less deeply and very irregularly lobed : cup embracing one- 

 third of the acorn, with the lower scales loosely appressed, the 

 upper ones recurved. Asia Minor. Q. reticuldta, Humb. & 

 Bonpl. Half -evergreen tree, to 30 ft., or shrub: Ivs. oval or 

 obovate, spiny-dentate toward the apex, bluish green, tomen- 

 tose and reticulate beneath, 1-5 in. long: fr. in slender-stalked 

 spikes; cup with appressed scales. Ariz, and N. MJX to Me^-. 

 S.S. 8:390. Q. rotunda, Hort. = phillyreoides -. ^eropnylla, 

 Lindl. Evergieen tree: Ivs. oval to oblong-obovate or oblong, 

 acuminate, serrate toward the apex, glaucescent beneath, 

 2%-6 in. long: fr. in peduncled spikes, nut not much exceeding 

 the cup; bract ovate, anpressed. N.China. Paxt. Flow. Gard. 

 1, p. 37. This is probably the Q. Chinensis, Abel Sometimes 

 Q. Turneri is cult, under the name of Q. sclerophylla. Q. 

 sericea, Willd. =Q. pumila. Q. serrdta, Thunb. Evergreen 

 tree: Ivs. obovate-oblong to oblong, acute, serrate, light green 

 and glabrous below, 2-8 in. long: fr. sessile; cup with large,, 

 spreading and recurved scales, embracing two-thirds of the 

 nut. Corea, Jap. Q. Skinneri, Benth. Tree, to 70 ft.: Ivs. 

 slender-stalked, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, sinuately serrate 

 with bristly teeth, glabrous, 3-6 in. long: fr. sessile: acorn 

 subglobose, large. S. Mex., Guat. G.C. 1841:116. Q. thalassica, 

 Hance. Evergreen tree: Ivs. elliptic to obovate-oblong, acumi- 

 nate, serrate toward the apex or entire, glaucous-tomentulose 

 beneath, 3-5 in. long: fr. in short spikes; cup with appressed 

 scales, embracing one-fourth to one-third of the nut. China. 

 P.F.G. '1, p. 36. Q. Turneri, Willd. Half -evergreen tree: 

 supposed hybrid of Q. Ilex and Q. pedunculata: Ivs. oval to 

 obovate-oblong, with 4-8 ascending teeth on each side, light 

 green and almost plpVrous beneath at length: frs. few, in pe- 

 duncled spikes, scales appressed. Of garden origin. Some- 

 times cultivated under the names Q. glandulifera, Austriaca 

 sempervirens, Pseudosuber and sclerophylla. Q. undulata, 

 Torr. Small tree or shrub: allied to Q. Douglasi, with smaller, 

 less deeply lobed, bluish green Ivs. ptibescent below: nut 

 smaller. Colo. to. Ariz, and Tex. S.S. 8:385.-Q. Ungeri, 

 Kotschy. Variety of Q. ^gilops: Ivs. smaller, lobed: cup 

 with recurved scales, not much shorter than acorn. Asia Minor. 

 Q. Vibraydna, Franch & Sav. (Q. bambusaefolia, Fort., not 

 Hance.). Evergreen tree, to 50 ft., allied to Q. glauca: Ivs. 

 lanceolate, serrate, glabrous and glaucous beneath, 3-5 in. long: 

 acorn oblong-ovate, much exceeding the lamellose cup. Jap. 

 Q. Wtslizeni, DC. Evergreen tree, to 80 ft.: allied to Q. agri- 

 folia: Ivs. ovate to oblong-lanceolate, sinuately dentate or en- 

 tire, glabrous, yellowish green beneath, 1-5 in. long: acorn em- 

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



S.S. 8:406. ALFRED REHDER, 



QUESNfiLIA. See Billbergia. 

 QUICKTHORN, Cratcegus Oxyacantha. 



QUILLAJA (from QuiUai, the Chilean name, which 

 comes from quillean, to wash; the bark of the tree con- 

 tains saponin, an alkaline compound, which makes it 

 useful as soap). Bosaceae. A genus of about 4 species 

 of extra-tropical evergreen trees, mostly American: Ivs. 

 simple, entire or dentate, shining, coriaceous: fls. axil- 

 lary and terminal, solitary or clustered ; calyx coria- 

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

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

 coherent at their bases. 



Saponaria, Molina. SOAP BARK TREE. A large tree: 

 Ivs. l%-2 in. long, ovate, shining, dentate, short-peti- 

 oled: fls. white, about % in. across, usually terminal, 

 solitary or in clusters of 3-5 on the same peduncle. 

 Chile. B.M. 7568. -Cult, in S. Calif. 



