LXX. CORYLA‘CEH: QUE’RCUS. 849 
c. Natives of Nepal and Mecico. 
§x. Lana‘tx. Woolly-leaved Oaks. Leaves oval, oblong, or lanceolate ; 
serrated or dentate ; woolly beneath, 
A. Leaves deciduous. 
A. Natives of Europe. 
§ i. Robur. British Oaks. 
Sect. Char, Leaves lobed and serrated ; dying off of a yellowish or russet 
brown. Bark rough. Buds ovate. Fructification annual. Cups imbricate. 
— Trees from 30 ft. to above 100 ft. high. 
¥ 1. Q. PepuNcuta‘ta Willd. The common, or peduncled, British Oak. 
Identification. Willd. Sp. Pl., No. 65.; Ehr. Arb., 77.; Pl. Off., 169. 
Synonymes. Q. Rdbur Lin. Sp. Pl. 1414., Eng. Bot. t. 1342.; Q. H. pedunculatum Mart. Fi. Rust. 
t. 10.; Q. foe’mina Roth Germ. 1. p. 408.; Q racemdsa N. Du Ham. 7. p.177.3 Q. cum longo 
pedunculo Bauh. Pin. 420.; Q. Hémeris Dalech. Hist. 4.; Quércus Fuchs Hist. 229.; Q. navalis 
Burnet ; White Oak; Chéne blane Secondat, p. 16. t. 3. ; Chene pédonculé oa 4 Grappes, Chéne 
femelle, Gravelir, Fr.; Stiel Eiche, friih Eiche, Thal Eiche, Lohe Eiche, Wald Kiche, Ger.; 
Eschio, Quercia gentile, Ztal.; Encina roble, Span. 
Derivation. The French and German names signify the white oak, the bunch-fruited oak, the 
female oak, the stalked oak, the early oak (alluding to the production of the leaves), the valley 
oak, the tanning oak, and the wood oak. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 1342.; N. Du Ham., 7. t. 54. ; Willd. Abbild., t. 140.; the plates of this 
tree in Arb. Brit., lst edit., vol. vii. ; and our fig 1542. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves on short footstalks, oblong, smooth, dilated upwards ; 
sinuses rather acute ; lobes obtuse. Stalks of the fruit elongated. Nut 
oblong, (Willd.) A large deciduous tree. Europe and Britain. Height 
50 ft. to 100ft., with spreading tortuous branches and spray, and, when 
standing singly, witha head often broader than it is high. Flowers 
greenish and white; April. Nut brown; ripe September. 
Varieties 1542. Q. pedunculata. 
+ Q. p. 2 pubéscens Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836.— Leaves downy beneath. 
* Q. p. 3 fastigiata. Q. fastigidta Lam.; Q. pyramidalis Hort.; Chéne 
Cyprés, Chéne des Pyrénées, Fr. (The plate of this tree in Ard. Brit., 
Ist edit., vol. vii.; and our fig. 1543.)— A handsome deciduous tree, 
resembling in general form the Lombardy poplar. It is found in the 
valleys of the Western Pyrenees, and in tne Landes near Bordeaux, 
though but sparingly, and frequently comes true from seed. In British 
gardens it grows most rapidly and vigorously when grafted on the 
species, or on Q. sessiliflora. ; 
# Q. 7.4 péndula. Q. péndula Dodd. Cat. 1836 ; the Weeping Oak. — 
Branches decidedly pale The largest tree of this variety that 
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