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QUERCUS ROBUR. 

 Common Oak. 



Class XXI. Moncecia. — Order VI. Polyandrta. 



Nat. Ord. Amentace^e. 



Gen. Char. Male flowers in a lax catkin or spike : — 

 Perianth five to seven-cleft. Stamens five to ten. Fertile 

 flowers : — Involucre of several small scales united 

 into a cup. Perianth single, incorporated with the 

 germen, six-lobed. Germen three- celled; style one; 

 stigmas two. Nut (acorn) one-celled, one-seeded, 

 surrounded at the base by the enlarged cup-shaped 

 involucre. 



Spec. Char. Leaves oblong-obovate, sub-sessile, deeply 

 sinuate, their sinuses rather acute, lobes obtuse. 

 Fruit, oblong stalked. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek .... tyvs. 



f Quercus cum longo pediculo. Bauh. Pin. 420. 



Quercus vulgaris. Ger. Em. 1339. 



Quercus latifolia. Rail Syn. 440. Park. Theatr. 1835. 



Quercus pedunculata. Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 450. Ehrh. PI. 

 Latin -{ Off. 168. 



Quercus racemosa. Lamarck Ency. Meth. I. p. 715. 



Quercus longaeva. Salisb. Prod. 392. 



Quercus Robur. Lin. Sp. PI. 1414. Eng. Fl. iv. p. 149. 



L Eug. Bot. t. 1342. 



French. .. Chene ; Rouvre. 



Italian . . . Quercia ; Querce. 



Spanish and ) „ , , 

 _f . >Roble. 



Port. .... J 



German . . Eiche. 



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