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Q. sessilifl^ra, Allesley, October, 1835. [Very large leaves, 

 and very small long acorns ; one of the latter sessile, and the 

 other M^ith a footstalk of about f in. in length.] 



Q. sessiliflora, Allesley, October, 1835. Acorns large and 

 fine. [The acorns of three times the diameter of those of the last 

 specimen, and about twice their length.] 



Q. sessiliflora, Allesley, Oct., 1835. Acorns with a short pe- 

 duncle. [Two specimens from the same tree. In one specimen the 

 peduncles are 1 in. in length ; in the other scarcely ^ in. The 

 form of the leaves, their yellowish-green and long footstalks, 

 and the large buds in the axils of the leaves, leave no doubt 

 whatever of the specimens being those of Q. sessiliflora.] 



Q. sessiliflora, Allesley, October, 1835. Acorns on a short 

 peduncle. [The acorns in ones, twos, threes, fours, and fives, 

 on peduncles varying from ^ in. to 1 in. in length. One of the 

 peduncles has an abortive sessile acorn at its base ; two acorns, 

 about 5 in. from each other, on the peduncle ; and the extremity 

 of the peduncle terminates in a large well-formed leaf bud. 

 The acorns are long, and very much resemble those of Q. 

 pedunculata.] 



Q. sessiliflora, Allesley, October, 1835. Acorns small and 

 round. [The acorns small in some cases, but with short foot- 

 stalks in others ; the leaves of a darker green, approaching nearer 

 to those of Q. R. pedunculata than in the case of any of the pre- 

 ceding specimens; but, from their 

 appearance, long footstalks, and 

 large buds, a doubt does not for 

 a moment exist of their belonging 

 to Q. sessiliflora.] 



Q. sessiliflora, Allesley, October, 

 1835. Leaves but little laciniated, 

 and resembling those of Q.i^obur. 

 [Leaves broad, with long foot- 

 stalks, pale green. Some of them 

 with those round, flat, spangle-like 

 excrescences on the under sur- 

 face, which are understood to be 

 made by the punctures of insects, 

 probably some species of the 

 Linnaean genus Cynips, the gall 

 fly {Jig. 98.).] 



Q. sessiliflora, Allesley, September, 1834. Acorns on a very 

 short peduncle; leaves with an unusually long petiole. [Leaves of a 

 dai-ker green, much narrower in proportion to their length than 

 in any of the preceding varieties. (See,y%-. 99.)] 



Q. sessiliflora, Allesley, September, 1834. Leaves regularly 

 and deeply laciniated. [Acorns sessile; leaves deeplvand regularly 

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