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Quer. sessiliflora var. B. of Smith's " Eng. Flor.," and 

 by Loudon supposed to be the Quer. pubescens of Will- 

 denow's Abbildung, seems merely a variety of the Quer. 

 sessiliflora, where the deviation from the Quer. pedun- 

 culata is at its maximum. In this variety the leaves 

 are less deeply cut, more numerously sinuated, with their 

 under surface of a pale glaucous green, and when first 

 excluded from the bud, covered with a hoary pubescence. 

 It is found in the New Forest, where it is known by the 

 above-mentioned name, and is also met with in other dis- 

 tricts, but is far less common than the usual form of Quer. 



sessiliflora. Of this well-marked variety there are two 

 trees now growing in the grounds at Belford Hall, North- 

 umberland, the seat of the Eev. Dixon B. Clark. From 

 acorns gathered from these trees we have raised several 

 plants, none of which yet resemble their parents in the 

 appearance and colour of their foliage ; but this may be 



