880 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
B. Leaves evergreen. 
A. Natives of Europe. 
§ viii. Iver. Holm, or Holly, Oaks. 
‘slalallal 
Sect. Char. Leaves ovate or oval, sometimes lanceolate, entire or serrated ; 
with or without prickly mucros ; downy beneath. Bark smooth and black, 
or rough and corky. Fructification biennial. Cups imbricate. Nut ovate, 
acuminate ; sometimes very long in proportion to the cup.— Low trees or 
shrubs, of great commercial interest, from including the oaks which pro- 
duce cork, the kermes insect, and edible acorns. 
2 28. Q. Itex L. The common evergreen, or Holm, Oak. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1412.; Ait. Hort. Kew., 5. p. 289. es 
Synonymes. Ilex arborea Bauk. Hist. 1. p. 95.; ?Yeuse, or Chéne vert, Fr.; Stein Eiche, Ger. ; 
Elice, Ital. ; Encina, Span. 
Engravings. Biackw. Herb., t. 186.; N. Du Ham., t. 43, 44. ; Dend. Brit., t. 90.; the plates of the 
tree in Arb. Brit. Ist edit., vol. vii.; and our fig. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, coriaceous, entire or serrated ; 
hoary beneath. Bark even. Nut ovate. (Willd.) A middle-sized ever- 
green tree, or large shrub. South of Europe, North of Africa, Cochin- 
China and other parts of Asia. Height 15 ft. to 30 ft. rarely 60 ft. In cul- 
tivation in British gardens from a very remote period. Flowers greenish 
white; May. Acorns brown; ripening the second year. 
Varieties. These are very numerous, and frequently very distinct ; and, as 
in the case of every species of oak, they might be greatly increased by 
selecting from beds of seedling plants. 
2% Q. 1. 1 integrifolia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. — Leaves lanceolate, entire. 
2 Q. I. 2 serratifolia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. (Our jig. 1607.) — Leaves 
lanceolate, serrated. 
2 # Q. I. 3 fagifolia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Phéllodrys Matth. Valgr. i. 
p. 189.; IMex No. 3. Du Ham. Arb, i. t. 224. (Our fig. 1608.) — 
Leaves broader and less rigid, more or less undulated, and some- 
times slightly serrated. 
1607. Q. I. serratifolia. 1608. Qu J. fagifolia 1609. Q. Z: latifolia 
2m Q. 1. 4 crispa Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836.—Leaves wrinkled at the edges. 
2 # Q. I. 5 latifolia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Q. I. oblénga Hort. (The plate 
of this variety in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. viii. ; and our Jigs. 1609. 
and 1610.) — Leaves broad, nearly entire. 
2 # Q. I. 6 longifolia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Q. I. salicifolia Hort.— Leaves 
long and very narrow. ° 
t = Q. I. 7 variegata Hort. — Leaves variegated with white. 
