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peduncle. Calyx 5 8-parted. Ovary globose. Style very short. Stigmas 3 4, spreading and 

 recurved. A native of New Spain, between Venta de Acaguisocla and Mojonera, on the road from 

 Acapulco to Mexico. Nee states that it is considered one of the largest oaks in New Spain ; and that 

 it has a dense head of innumerable branches. The acorns are s arcely bigger than a pea, and nearly 

 covered by the cup, which is clothed with blackish scales, (bee, as quote in Rees's Cycl.) Hum- 

 boldt calls it one of the most majestic trees of New Spain; and it if as remarkable for the 

 beauty and singularity of its leaves, as it is for the grandeur and nobleness of its general appearance. 



Q. elliptica Willd., No. 14., Nee in Anal. Cien. Nat, 3. p. 278., Fisch. Misc. |Hisp., 1. p. 117., 

 N. Du Ham., 7. p. 154., Smith in Rees's CycK, No. 16. Leaves ellip''cal, entire, coriaceous, nearly 

 sessile; rounded at each end; roughish beneath. (Willd.) Gather d by Louis Nee, but without 

 flowers or fruit, in the kingdom of Mexico, by the road from Ixmiquilpan to Cimapan, as well as 

 between Tixtala and the river Azul. The trunk is thick, 12 ft. high, with a grey bark. Branches 

 horizontal ; the smaller shoots erect ; all very leafy. Leaves 3 in. long, and 1 in. broad ; slightly revo- 

 lute ; smooth above, roughish and veiny beneath ; the veins forked. Footstalks thick, and very short. 

 (Nee, as quoted in Rees's Cycl.) Humboldt considers this species as allied to his Q. spicata (p. 1945.) 

 and Q. ambfgua (p. 1947.) ; but differing from both principally in the leaves. 



Q. mucronata Willd., No. 34., N. Du Ham., 7. p. 162., Smith in Kees's Cycl., No. 41 ; Q. Castanea 

 Nee in Anal. Cien. Nat., 3. p. 276., Fisch. Misc. Hisp., 1. p. 114. Leaves oblong, lanceolate, with 

 pointed awned serratures; polished above, downy beneath; heart-shaped at the base. (Willd.) 

 Found by Louis Nee, without flowers or fruit, in New Spain, between Ixmiquilpan and Cimapan. 

 This tree is 12 ft. high, with a straight trunk, covered with a brittle dark-coloured bark. Branches 

 erect, alternate, smooth, much subdivided. Leaves 3 in. long, and 1 in. broad, acute: abrupt and 

 heart-shaped at the base ; their serratures awned ; the upper surface green and smooth, the under 

 clothed with fine yellow down. Footstalks 2 lines long. Stipules none. (Nee, as quoted in Rees's Cycl.) 



Q. toHientbsa Willd., No. 35., N. Du Ham.,7. p. 163., Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 42 ; Q, peduncul&ris 

 Nee in Anal. Cien. Nat., 3. p. 270., Fisch. Misc. Hisp., 1. p. 106. Leaves oblong-ovate.with tooth-like 

 notches ; densely downy beneath. Fruit racemose. Nut globose, nearly covered by the calyx. ( Willd.) 

 Native of New Spain, in the road from Mexico to Acapulco, beyond the river Mescala. A tree, 20 ft. 

 high, with an upright trunk, and grey brittle bark. Branches numerous, alternate, clothed with 

 dense reddish wool. Leaves 5 in. long, hardly 2 in. wide, crowded ; obtuse at the base ; pointed at 

 the end ; bordered with tooth-like notches ; green and smooth ish above, downy with prominent 

 veins beneath. Footstalks downy, very short. Female flowers on an axillary solitary stalk, 3 in. 

 or 4 in. long. Acorns but little bigger than peppercorns, each almost concealed in its scaly, downy, 

 reddish cup. (Nee.) 



rcinata Willd., No. 36., Nee in An. Cien. Nat, 3. p. 272., Fisch. Misc. Hisp., 1. p. 109., 

 Ham.,7. p. 163., Smith in Rees's Cycl, No. 43. Leaves ovate, crenate, undulated ; acute 

 at each end ; downy beneath. Nut scarcely larger than the calyx. (Willd.) Native of New Spain, 

 between Tintala and Chilpancingo. A tree, 20 ft. or 25 ft. high. Trunk erect. Bark brittle, ash- 

 coloured. Branches horizontal ; the young ones erect, furrowed, villous. Leaves alternate, from 

 Bin. to 7 in. long, and Sin. broad; green and shining above; more or less downy, and flesh- 

 coloured or reddish brown, beneath ; their edges turned towards the point of the leaf. Fruit sup- 

 ported by a very short common stalk. Calyx hemispherical, the size of chick peas (Qcer arietlnum) ; 

 its scales acute at the point. Nut but little larger than the calyx. Plukenet's t 53. f. 4. in some 

 measure resembles the species before us; but is said to have a large fruit, and is quoted by authors 

 as Q. Prinus. (Nee, as quoted in Rees's Cycl.) 



Q. splendens Willd. No. 37., Nee in An. Cien. Nat, 3. p. 275., Fisch. Misc. Hisp., 1. p. 113., N. 

 Du Ham., 7. p. 164., Rees's Cycl., No. 44. Leaves oblong.ovate, bluntly toothed ; slightly downy above ; 

 densely silky beneath. (Willd.) Native of New Spain, near Taxala. Trunk erect, much branched, 

 15 ft. high. Branches partly horizontal, partly erect, clothed with red shining down. Leaves 

 scattered, crowded, 3 in. long, 1 in. broad; green, with a thin downy coat, above ; thickly clothed 

 beneath with shining pubescence, the midrib only being prominent ; the edges bluntly and unequally 

 toothed. Footstalks very short, with an awl-shaped villous stipule at each side. Flowers and fruit not 

 observed. (Net. as quoted in Rees's Cycl.) 



Q. rugdsa Willd., No. 38., Nee in An. Cien. Nat, 3. p. 275., Fisch. Misc. Hisp., N. Du Ham., 7. 

 p. 164., Rees's Cycl., No. 45. Leaves ovate-oblong, coriaceous, rugose ; toothed towards the end; 

 heart-shaped at the base ; downy and rusty beneath. ( Willd.) Native of the woods of Huifquilica- and 

 Ociula, in the way from Mexico to Santo Christo de Chalma. A middle-sized tree, having numerous, 

 alternate, round, grey branches, rough with minute prominent points. Leaves 3 in. in length, hardly 

 2 in. in breadth ; thick and coriaceous ; rugged, green, and shining on the upper side ; brown and 

 downy at the back ; heart-shaped at the base; the margin toothed from the middle to the extremity. 

 Footstalks 2 lines long, thickened at their base. Female flowers in scaly axillary clusters. (Nee, as 

 quoted in Rees's Cycl.) 



v /-/ i/,.y.* ,,,lld., No. 39., Nee in An. Cien., Nat, a p. 274. Fisch. Misc. Hisp., 1. p. 111., 

 N. Du Ham., 7. p. 164,, Rees's Cycl., No. 46. Leaves obovate, crenate; tapering and heart-shaped at 

 the base ; downy beneath. Fruit spiked. ( Willd.) Found by Louis Nee in the districts of Chilpan- 

 cingo and La Curva, and on the mountain of Quirapon, in New Spain. This is a tree, 30 ft. high, with 

 an upright trunk, and dense head. The principal branches are horizontal ; the rest upright, furrowed 

 when young. Leaves 1 ft. long, and 7 in. or 8 in. broad ; rounded at the end, gradually tapering 

 down to the emarginate, or heart-shaped, base, where they measure only 4 lines across; their upper 

 surface green and shining; the under yellowish, clothed with very minute down; the margin crenate 

 and wavy. Footstalks very short and thick. Female flowers sessile on a common stalk, and encom- 

 passed with downy bracteas. (Nee, as quoted in Rees's Cycl.) 



Q. diversifdlia Willd., No. 21., Nee in An. de las Cien. Nat., 3. p. 270., N. Du Ham., 7. p. 155., Rees's 

 Cycl., No. 28., Fisch. Misc. Hisp., 2. p. 107. Leaves ovate, undivided or deeply toothed ; yellow and 

 downy beneath. Fruit spiked, globose. (Smith.) Found by Louis Nee between the villages of Chalma 

 and Santa Rosa, in New Spain. A shrub, from 10 ft. to 14 ft. high ; its trunk seldom straight ; the 

 bark cracked, dark-coloured ; the branches alternate. Leaves li in. long and undivided or 2J in., and 

 deeply toothed; smooth and shining above; downy and dull yellow beneath. Footstalks hardly a 

 line in length. Stipules oblong, reddish, membranous, contracted at the base, deciduous. Acorns 4 

 or 5, sessile, on a thread-shaped axillary stalk, 2 in. long. Cup the size and shape of a pea, covered 

 with scales. Nuts scarcely projecting above a line beyond the cup. (Nee.) 



Q. cdndicans Willd., No. 58., Nee in An. de las Cien. Nat, 3. p. 277., Fisch. Misc. Hisp., 1. p. 115., 

 N. Du Ham., 7. p. 173., Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 65. Leaves ovate, sinuated ; white and downy 

 beneath ; lobes toothed, bristle-pointed. (Willd.) Native of New Spain, in sandy ground near Tixtala. 

 A tree of middling size, with a dense head of upright branches. Leaves 9 in. long, 4 in. wide ; tapering 

 at each end, sinuated, with bristle-pointed teeth; green and smooth above; white and downy 

 underneath. Footstalks 4 lines in length. Flowers and fruit not observed. (Ncc, as quoted in 

 Rees's Cycl.) 



