1926 



ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART 111. 



1815 



closeh adpressed, (Spreng.) " A tall tree, a native of Portugal, in the south 

 of Beira, and on the lulls near Coimbra ; flowering in May. It appears to 

 be a hybrid between Q, Robur and Q. pubescens. It is not found in any 

 of the mountainous parts o\' the north of Portugal; but there it is probably 

 changed to Q. Robur." (Brotero's JPV. Lus., ii. p. 317) The Q. austraEs of 

 the Horticultural Society's Garden has the leaves glaucous beneath. What- 

 ever Bpecies this oak may turn out to be, it promises to be a very handsome 

 evergreen, as hardy as Q. / v lex; and we hope it will soon be generally in- 

 troduced into collections. 



f 44. Q. CooHLTJ. Captain Cook's Oak. 



Inscription. Leaves evergreen ; oval or lanceolate-elliptic ; dentate, 

 with recurved teeth; sessile, and green and glabrous on both sides. (See 

 Jig* 1813.) Among the acorns procured by the Horticultural Society 

 from Gibraltar appear to be some of a 

 species different from Q. australis; or, 

 possibly, it may be only a variety of 

 Q. grarountia. As there are only two- 

 \ ears' seedling plants in the country, very 

 Little can be said about it; but we have 

 ventured to apply to it the specific name 

 above given, in honour of Captain S. E. 

 Cook of Carlton, near Darlington, who 

 was the means of its introduction, who 

 is an enthusiastic arboriculturist, and 

 who has kindly and liberally supplied us 

 with valuable information respecting 

 QuercuJ, Plnus and other genera. 



£ 4o. Q. falkenbergensis Booth. The Falkenberg Oak. 



I)i scriptimi. Allied to the section 7?6bur, but with leaves short, and ser- 

 rated like those of Q. Cerris. Fruit small and roundish, and reproducing 

 plants with the same characters as the parent. Discovered about 1832, on 

 the Falkenberg in Hanover, near Hamburgh, and introduced into England 

 by the Duke of Bedford in 1837. (Booth, in letter; and Forbes's Hort. Tour., 

 V- 50 



App. ii. European Kinds of Oaks not yet introduced. 



O. tagtnea Lnm ; <l. <z»gilopifdlia 



Willd., No. 68., N. 



J)u Hum , 7. p. 179., Sut'S Ctjcl. No. 



76. ; Pbellodryi alba angiutifblia, frc, 

 I ///.>/., 25. ; and our flg. 181b'., 



from the specimen in tbe Qnna»n 



herbarium. Ix-aves on short downy 

 tiki, obovate, with numerous uni- 

 form shallow lobes; downy beneath; 

 • omewhat hf -art-'hapeil and Unequal at 

 Smith Native 

 of Spain arid the south of I r.tnee. 

 • small, 1J in. long, deciduous, 

 ry Ukbtlj sinuated, or, 

 more properly speaking, COBXMAj tooth- 



1-1, the lobes being very short, equal, 



• | upp I ide polished 

 and WBOOth; the under white and 



I ootatalki downy. Fruit ses- 



mle \WUtd.) In the I. lima an ber- 



m ni gathered by 



' ra DM r 111 Spain, whiefi 

 .- extremely well to the above 



■ on, and not atnlM to the figure 



champ, which Lain Hi hesitation. In these, however, the lobes, or teelh, arc 



■ ■ < rr-rl with minute starry hairs. There are also long, linear, 



' pule*, that are lOOD deciduous. We do not scruple to consider this 



and probably Willdenow's. ( Smith in /frr.s's Cyil.) 



UoptfdlUi Pel tJO , N'. I>u Ham, 7 p. 174.; () hixpa'nica p. Lam. Dirt. EtlCff.. 



lop .. Bo$C}h*» oval, sin ■iated, and denlated leaves, the teeth of 



