1846 



ARBORETUM AND FUUTJCETUM. 



PART 



§ ii. Chris. Mossy-cupped ', or Turkey, Oaks. 



Sect. Char. Leaves Lobed and sinuated, or dentatedj more or less persistent; 

 in some varieties, subevcrgreen, or evergreen; always dying off' of a dirty 

 white, M paper brown; never with any tinge of red or yellow. Buds 

 furnished with linear stipules. Fructification generally biennial. Cups 

 eehinate, ramentaceous, or scaly, squarrose. 



I 6. Q. Ce'rris L. 



The bitter, or mossy-cupped, Oak. 



Baumzucht, p. 350. ; Ait., No. 28. 



N. Du 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., H15. ; Willd., No. 75. 

 Ham., 7. p. 188. ; Rees's Cyd., No. 8& 



St/nonymts. Q. criirita a. and /S, Lam. Diet., 1. p. 718. ; Q. J/aliphlce\>s Juss. in Hort. Par.; Q. 

 burgundlaca, ftc, Haiih. I'm., 4S0. ; Q. Cerris Pllnt'i, »c, Lob. Icon., 2. 156., Dod. Pempt., 831., 

 OVr. Eruac, 1S45. ; (Yrrus Dalcch. Hist., vol. 1. p. 6. ; the Turkey Oak ; the Iron, or Wainscot, 

 Oak : Crane Corns, Cliene chevelu, Chene de Bourgogne, Fr. ; Burgundische Eiche, Cerr-eiche, 

 Grr. 



Thliwmdm The specific appellation Haliphlceos was applied hy Pliny to an oak with very bitter 

 acorns : but it may be derived from halis, enough, and phloios, bark ; in reference to the tendency 

 to corkiness in the bark. The Iron Oak alludes to the weight of its wood, which is much heavier 

 than that of the common oak. The term Wainscot Oak refers to its suitableness for lining the 

 walls of rooms, from the Dutch words, ward, a wall ; and schortcn, to suspend. 



Engravings. N. Du Ham., 7. t. 57. ; our Jig. 1702. j and the plates of this tree in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves on very short stalks, 

 oblong, deeply and unequally pinnatifid ; 

 hairy beneath; lobes lanceolate, acute, 

 somewhat angular. Stipules longer than 

 the footstalks. Calyx of the fruit hemi- 

 spherical, bristly. (Smith.) A tree attain- 





ing the same height as the British oak, 



but of much more rapid and vigorous 



growth. A native of France, Italy, Spain, 

 Austria, and the Levant. Introduced 



into Britain In 1 735, and not uncommon 



in plantations. It flowers in April, and 



ripens its acorns, in the climate of London, in October of the second year, 



and sometimes in the autumn of the first year. 

 Vmittki. There is a great tendency in this species to sport; so that many 

 rarietiet may be selected from every bed of seedlings. It also appears to 

 hybridise with facility, especially with Q. .Suber; and from this cross the 

 numerous race of varieties known as the Lucombe, or Exeter, oaks have 

 been rawed. There are also some varieties of Q. G'erris which appear to 

 owe their origin to geographical circumstances ; such as (i. C. austriaca, 

 Bfld U- C. crimta. The varieties cultivated in British nurseries may, for 

 practical purpose,, be arranged as deciduous, subevergreen, and evergreen. 



