CHAP. CV. 



CORYLACEjE. que'rcus. 



1899 



B. Leaves evergreen. 

 § viii. Vlex. Holm, or Holly, Oaks. 



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a. Natives of Europe. 



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 j sometimes very long in proportion to the cup. Low trees, or 

 shrubs, of great commercial interest, from including the oaks which produce 

 cork, the kermes insect, and edible acorns. 



T 29. Q. .Tlex L. The common evergreen, or Holm, Oak. 



Ait. Hort. Kew., 5. p. 289. ; N. Du 

 Stein Eiche, Ger. : 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1412. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 433. j 



Ham., 7. p. 156. ; Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 32. 

 Synonymes. Tlex arbbrea Bauh. Hist., 1. p. 95. ; l'Yeuse, or Chene vert, Fr. 



Elice, ltal. ; Encina, Span. 

 Engravings. Blackw. Herb., t. 186.; N. Du Ham.,t. 43, 44,; Dend. Brit, t 90.; our fig. 1781.; 



and the plates of the tree in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, coriaceous, entire or serrated ; 

 hoary beneath. Bark even. Nut ovate. ( Willd. and Smith.) A large shrub, 

 or low or middle-sized tree, according to soil and situation ; a native of 

 the south of Europe, the north of Africa, and of Cochin-China, and other 

 parts of Asia ; in cultivation in British gardens from a very remote period ; 

 flowering in May, and ripening its acorns 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. 



t Q, I. 1 integrifolia Lodd. Cat., ed. 



1836; Smilax Dalech., Bauh. 



Hist.yi. p. 101.; 5uber secun- 



dus Matth. Valgr., i. p. 188., as 



to the figure ; has the leaves 



lanceolate, entire, 

 t Q. I. 2 serratifolia Lodd. Cat., 



ed. 1836 ; Plex Matth. Valgr., 



i. p. 186., Du Ham. Arb., i. t. 



123., and our fig. 1778.; has the 



leaves lanceolate, serrated. 

 I * Q. I. 3 fagifdlia Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836 ; Phellodrys Matth. Valgr., 



i. p. 189., as to the figure; Plex, No. 3., Du Ham., 



Arb.,\. t. 224., and our^g. 1779. ; has broader and 



less rigid leaves, which are more or less undulated, 



and sometimes slightly serrated. 

 ± & Q. I. 4 crispa Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, has the leaves 



wrinkled at the edges. 

 1 & Q. I. 5 latifolia Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836 ; Q. I. obl6nga 



Hort.; and our Jig. 1780. ; has broad leaves, nearly 



entire. There is a magnificent specimen of this 



variety at Purser's Cross, some of the leaves of 



which, on the lower part of the tree, are upwards 



of 5 in. long, and nearly 3 in. broad. The leaves 



of Q. /./agifolia often attain nearly the same size ; 



but they differ in being undulated, and sometimes slightly serrated at 



the edges. 



