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(b) Only the terminal buds surrounded by persistent stipules. 

 t Leaves large, more than 4 in. long. 

 4^. Quercus con/erta, Kitalhd. South-eastern Europe. See p. 1316. 



Leaves obovate, 5 to 8 in. long, with six to eight pairs of regular, entire or 

 sinuately toothed deep lobes, with sinuses extending half-way to the midrib ; 

 under surface green or greyish, covered with a thin minute stellate pubescence. 

 Branchlets with scattered pubescence. 

 44. Quercus Toza, Bosc. France, Spain, and Portugal. See p. 13 13. 



Leaves obovate, 5 to 8 in. long, with five to six pairs of irregular, entire or 

 sinuately toothed deep lobes ; under surface greyish or whitish, covered with a 

 dense soft tomentum. Branchlets densely tomentose. 

 i^e^. Quercus macrocarpa, WvcSx'aM-x.. N.America. See p. 1304. 



Leaves obovate, 6 to 12 in. long, usually with five to seven lobes, the 

 terminal lobe large and crenately lobulate, lateral lobes small with deep 

 sinuses ; under surface pale with a deciduous minute appressed pubescence. 



46. Quercus dentata, Thunberg. China, Manchuria, Korea, Japan. Seep. 1277. 



Leaves obovate, 6 to 1 2 in. long, with six to nine pairs of shallow regular 

 rounded, usually entire lobes ; lower surface pale with a scattered minute 

 stellate pubescence. 



47. Quercus stellata,Wz.x\g&nh.&{m. North America. Not now in cultivation. See 



Plate 336, Fig. 32. 

 Leaves oblong obovate, 4 to 5 in. long, five-lobed, with deep sinuses ; 

 upper surface with conspicuous stellate hairs ; lower surface densely pubescent. 

 t Leaves small, not exceeding 4 in. long. 



48. Quercus lobata, Nde. California. See p. 1306. 



Leaves obovate, 3 in. long, with seven to eleven irregular lobes, the lateral 

 lobes broad at their apex ; both surfaces stellate-pubescent. 



49. Quercus lanuginosa, Thuillier. S. Europe. See Vol. IL p. 294. 



Leaves obovate, 3 to 4 in. long, with four to eight pairs of rounded, usually 

 entire lobes ; wrinkled in margin ; under surface tomentose. 



50. Quercus lusitanica, Lamarck, Mediterranean region. See p. 1322. 



A very variable species, with leaves 2 to 4 in. long, obovate or oblong ; 

 margin wrinkled with regular or irregular teeth, with or without a mucro; 

 lower surface covered with a dense grey tomentum. 



51. Quercus infectoria, Olivier. Cyprus, Asia Minor, Turkey. See p. 1325. 



Mainly distinguished from Q. lusitanica by the glabrescent under surface of 

 the leaf 



5 1 A. Quercus Turneri. See No. 25. 



II. Leaves evergreen, persisting more than one year on the branchlets. 



A. Leaves entire on margin, or occasionally undulate-crenate towards the apex. 



52. Quercus glabra, Thunberg. Japan. See p. 1332. 



Leaves lanceolate or elliptical, 4 to 5 in. long, acute or cuspidate at the 



