IS Is 



ARBORETUM AND FftUTICETUM. 



'ART IIJ, 



japoniea pendula. Tlie largest 

 branch is about 17 ft, in length 

 to where it touches the 

 ground, and it extends about 

 4- It. or 5ft. more along its 

 surface. This variety seems 

 remarkably distinct, and well 

 deserving of culture. The 

 tree produces acorns, some of 

 which have been kindly sent 

 to us by Lady Bolton, which 

 we have distributed. 

 Q. C. 3 varicgdta Lodd. Cat., 

 ed. 1830, only differs from 

 the species in having the leaves 

 variegated. 



b. Leaves dentate. Cups of the Acorns bristly. 



* Q. C. 4- austrlaca; Q.austriaca Willd., No. 76., N. Du Ham., vh. p. 183., 

 Reel's Cyd. y No. 84. ; Q. Cerris Host Syn., 520. a and j3. No. 28. ; 

 Q. crinita 7 Cerris Lin., Lam. Diet., i. p. 718.; Q. calyce hispido, 

 &c., Bank. Pin., 420. ; Cerrus Clus. Hist., i. p. 20.; Cerri minoris ra- 

 mulus cum flore Ger. Emac, 1340, with Clusius's figure; Cerris 

 Plinii minore glande Lob. Ic., ii. p. 156., Ger. Emac., 1345.; ^E'gilops 

 minore glande Dod. Pcmpt., 831.; HaliphlceY>s, Cerrus foe'mina 

 Dalcch. Hist., i. p. 7. ; omjig. 1708. ; and the plate of this tree in our 



1708 



' olumc. — Leaves on longish stalks, ovate-oblong, slightly, but 



coptoualy, rinuated; downy and hoary beneath ; lobes abort, ovate, 



