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FOREST TEEES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



small stream in Monterey County, Cal., on a property known as " Dani's Ranch." 

 The trees were closely mingled with Querents agrifoUa, for which they were 

 mistaken at a distance. In general form they resemble that tree, especially 

 the small branched trees of the latter grown in close stands. They were from 

 25 to 30 feet high and from 8 to 12 inches in diameter. At the base of the trunk 



Fig. 143. — Qu< reus pricei. 



the bark is blackish, very hard, and roughly and irregularly broken ; 3 or 4 

 feet higher up it is dark ashy-gray and smooth. Mature leaves (fig. 143), 

 which probably remain on the trees two summers, are flat, smooth throughout, 

 and a deep shiny yellow-green on their upper surfaces and paler yellow-green 

 beneath. The flowers are not known. The acorns mature in the autumn of 



