Common Oak 295 



2. Var. dissecta, Hort. Leaves deeply cut. 



3. Var. Dalechampii, Koch, Dendrol. ii. 2, p. 38 (1873); Quercus Dalechavipii, 

 Tenore, Itid. Sem. Hort. Neap. 1850, p. 15; Quercus sessiliflora, var. Tenoreiy DC. 

 Prod. xvi. 2, p. 7 (1864). 



This form, which is considered by some to be a distinct species, occurs in 

 southern Italy. It is in cultivation at Kew, and has leaves 3 to 4 inches long on 

 short stalks. The leaves are oblong -oval, with bases cuneate or truncate, often 

 auricled, coriaceous in texture, shining green above, bluish and only slightly 

 pubescent beneath, with six to eight pairs of acute shallow lobes, which have their 

 margins curved inwards and backwards. The bark of the tree is very rough and 

 scaly. 



i. 387, is either a form of Q. macranthem or a iiybrid of that species. The plant, however, usually cultivated as Hartwissiana 

 is probably a variety of Q. lanuginosa, which Steven collected and described as Q. crispata (Bull. Sac. Nat. Mosc. 1S57, 

 i. 386). 



