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QUERCUS GRANDIFOIilA 



MAGNOLIA-LEAVED OAK. 



QuEUCus GRANDiFOLiA, ramulis teretibus glabris, folii§, obovato-oLlongis ellipticisve integerrimis sub- 

 sessilibus utrinquc nudis nitidisque basi auriculatis, fructibus terminalibus glomcratis, cupulis 

 sessilibus rugosis, nucibus giobosis mucronulatis. 



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Arbor esse maxima et frondosa judicatur. Ramuli crassi, rigidi, foliosi, cortice l^vi fusco-plumljeo 

 obducti. Folia ampla, sempcrvirentia, oblonga, obovata v. rarii\s elliptica, spithamam v. sesquipedem 

 longa, 4 — 8 pollices supra medium lata, ex basi auriculata et august^, versus apicem magis et magis 

 dilatant, ulrinque nuda nitidaque, intens^ viridia, reticulato-venosa, subtiis costata, margine plana, in- 

 tegerrima, apice paulo acuminata, substantia licet tenuia, sunt coriacea et non parva tenacitatepraedita. 

 Petioli brevissimi, crassi, semiterctes, supra planiuscula et parum canaliculata. Fructus in apice ramu- 

 lorum numcrosi et glomerati, sessiles. Cupula ampla, deprcssa, acetabuliformis, lignosa, crassissima, 

 rachi firme adnata, intiis fusca, plana, extus maxim^ rugosa, cinerea : ord crassa, planiuscula. Nuccs 

 magns! globosa;, spadicete, nitidce, mucronulatEe, paulo angulat^, basi solummod6 cupula cmctas. 



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The species whicb compose the genus Quercus are for the most part trees of rugged aspect, and possess- 

 ing litllc or no beauty whatever. This is not the case, however, with the magnificent species now before 

 us. Its fine large green foliage (vying in this respect with the American Magnolias) and sessile glomerated 

 fruit distinguish it from every other known species. The Quercus grandifolia is a native of the woods 

 of Nepal, where it has been discovered by the collectors sent out by Dr. Wallich, to whom I am indebted 

 for the fine branch represented in the plate. Dr. Hamilton does not appear to have met with it. We 

 are already acquainted with ten species of Ncpalese Oaks, besides the one here figured. Several of these, 

 in point of beauty, far surpass those either of Europe or America. 



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