854 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
1570. Q. E’sculus. 
Spee. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-oblong, sinuated, smooth; paler beneath; seg- 
ments bluntish, somewhat angular at the base. Fruit nearly sessile. Calyx 
scaly, hemispherical. (Smith.) A deciduous tree of the middle size. South 
of Europe. Height 20 ft. to 30ft. Introduced in 1739. Flowers greenish 
white; May. Acorns brown ; ripe in October. 
A very handsome species, quite hardy, and deserving a place in every col- 
lection. There are large specimens of it in Whitton Park. 
¥ 5. Q. (£.) apennt'na Lam. The Apennine 
Oak. 
Identification. Lam. Dict. Encycl. 1. p.725.; N. Du Ham., 
7. p.177.; Bose Mém. sur les Chénes. . 
Synonymes. Q.conglomerata Per's.; Cheéne hivernal, Fy. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham, 7.t.53.; and our fig. 1551. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval-oblong, petiolated, 
sinuated, pubescent beneath, bordered with 
obtuse lobes, somewhat angular. Acorns 
oval, disposed along a short peduncle. 
(Lam.) The leaves are exceedingly woolly 
beneath ; the acorns small, almost globular, 
and sometimes borne to the number of 8 
or 10 on one peduncle, not above 1 in. in 
length. The tree does not attain a large 
size, seldom exceeding the height of 20 ft. 
Not yet introduced ; but apparently only a 
variety of Q. E’sculus; or perhaps even Si 
identical with it. 1551. @. apennina. 
§ ii. Cérris. Mossy-cupped, or Turkey, Oaks. 
Sect. Char. Leaves lobed and sinuated, or dentated ; more or less persistent ; 
in some varieties, sub-evergreen or evergreen ; always dying off of a dirty 
white or paper brown, never with any tinge of red or yellow. Buds fur- 
nished with linear stipules. Fructification generally biennial. Cups echi- 
nate, ramentaceous, or scaly, squarrose. 
¥ 6. Q. Ce’RRis L. The bitter, or mossy-cupped, Oak. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl.,,1415.; N. Du Ham., 7. p. 182. ; Rees’s Cycl., No. 83. 
Synonymes. Q. crinita « and ~, Lam. Dict. 1. p. 718; Q. Haliphlce‘os Juss. in Hort. Par.; Q. 
burgundiaca, &c., Bauh, Pin. 420.; Q. Cérris Pliniz, &c., Lob. Icon. 2. 156., Dod. Pempt. 831., 
Ger. Emac. 1345.; Cérrus Dalech, Hist. vol. 1. p. 6.; the Turkey Oak ; the Iron, or Wainscot, 
Oak ; Chéne Cerris, Chéne chevelu, Chéne de Bourgogne, Fr. ; Burgundische Eiche, Cerr-eiche, 
Ger. ; Cerro Ghiande amare, Jéal. 
