CHAP. CV. 



COTLYLACEJE. QUE X RCUS. 



1899 



B. Leaves evergreen. 

 viii. l^lex. Holm, or Holly, Oaks. 



SitU 



a. Natives of Europe. 



Sect. Char. Leaves ovate or oval, sometimes lanceolate, entire or serrated ; 

 with or without prickly macros ; downy beneath. Bark smooth and black, 

 or rough and corky. Fructification biennial. Cups imbricate. Nut ovate, 

 acuminate ; sometimes very long in proportion to the cup. Low trees, or 

 shrubs, of great commercial interest, from including the oaks which produce 

 cork, the kermes insect, and edible acorns. 



29. Q. 7 r LEX L. The common evergreen, or Holm, Oak. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1412. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 433. ; AiL HorL Kew., 5. p. 289. ; N. Du 



Ham., 7. p. 156. ; Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 32. 

 Sytwnymes. /"lex arbbrea Bauh. Hist., 1. p. 95. ; 1'Yeuse, or Chene vert., Fr. ; Stein Eiche, Ger. ; 



Elice, Ital. ; Encina, Span. 

 Engravings. Blackw. Herb.,t. 186.; N. Du Ham., t 43, 44.; Dend. Brit., t 90.; our Jig. 1781.; 



and the plates of the tree in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, coriaceous, entire or serrated ; 

 hoary beneath. Bark even. Nut ovate. (Willd. and Smith.) A large shrub, 

 or low or middle-sized tree, according to soil and situation ; a native of 

 the south of Europe, the north of Africa, and of Cochin-China, and other 

 parts of Asia ; in cultivation in British gardens from a very remote period ; 

 flowering in May, and ripening its acorns the second year. 

 Varieties. These are very numerous, and 

 frequently very distinct ; and, as in the 

 case of every species of oak, they might 

 be greatly increased by selecting from 

 beds of seedling plants. 



f Q. I. 1 integrifblia Lodd. Cat., ed. 



1836; Smilax Dalech., Bauh. 



Hist.,i. p. 101. j Suber secun- 



dus Matth. Valgr., i. p. 188., as 



to the figure ; has the leaves 



lanceolate, entire. 

 f Q. I. 2 serratifolia Lodd. Cat., 



ed. 1836; /Mex Matth. Valgr., 



i. p. 186., Du Ham. Arb., \. t. 



123.,andour.^g.l778.; has the 



leaves lanceolate, serrated. 

 1 * Q. I. 3 fagifolia Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836 ; Phellodrys Matth. Valgr., 



i. p. 189., as to the figure; /Hex, No. 3., Du Ham., 



Arb.,i. t. 224-., and our^g. 1779. ; has broader and 



less rigid leaves, which are more or less undulated, 



and sometimes slightly serrated. 

 f a Q. I. 4 crispa Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, has the leaves 



wrinkled at the edges. 

 1 tf Q. I. 5 latifolia Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836 ; Q. I. ob!6nga 



Hort.; and our^g. 1780. ; has broad leaves, nearly 



entire. There is a magnificent specimen of this 



variety at Purser's Cross, some of the leaves of 



which, on the lower part of the tree, are upwards 



of 5 in. long, and nearly 3 in. broad. The leaves 



of Q. /./agifolia often attain nearly the same size ; 



but they differ in being undulated, and sometimes slightly serrated at 



the edges. 



1778 



177!) 



