PSEUD(.)- WOODS 



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knobs, buttons, balls, and various other small artifles of 

 turnery. 



For the most part, ])scudo-woods, although sometimes 



Fig. 267. — Cork Oak (Qncrcus ,Suhcr, Beech Family, Fngacca:). A, fruiting 

 branch. B, twig with stamiuate flower-cluster.s. C, staminate flower. 

 V, pistillate flower. (Redrawn after Schneider.) — Tree growing 15 m. 

 tall; bark thick and spongy; leaves whitish, hairy beneath; flowers 

 yellowish; fruit brownish. Native home, Southern Europe, and 

 Northern Africa. 



locally important, are of comparatively small use and need 

 not here be further discussed. 



