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ARBORETUM AND FUUTICKTI'M. 



AHT III. 



p. 107. Leaves somewhat lanceolate-oblong ; obtuse at the base, quite entire ; downy beneath. Fruit 

 on short thick stalks. [Ilti»ib. ct Bonp.) A tree, from 25 ft. to ;>() It. high. Branches round, covered 

 m itli minute tubercles ; younger ones somewhat hairy. Leaves about 2 in. long, leathery ; glabrous 

 above; covered with pale down beneath. Petioles about 2 lines long. Female flowers in the axils 

 of the leaves, almost solitary, on short thick pedicels. Cups somewhat top-shaped, closely imbricated. 

 Scales oval, covered externally with a powdery down, acute. Nut ovate, terminated by the elongated 

 Style A native of the low mountains of New Spain, near Santa Rosa. Humboldt called this species 

 <i. craatipet, from the extreme thickness and shortness of the stalks of the acorn9. Its leaves ter- 

 minate in a mucro. 



o. lemeeoUUa Humb. ct Bonp. PL /Equin., t 81., and our fig. 18G3., Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 1. 

 p II ". Leaves lanceolate, quite entire, wavy ; the axils of the veins bearded beneath ; shining above. 

 Fruit smile Scales of the cup turned backwards. 

 [Humb. ft lionp.) A tree, from .'30 ft to 40 ft. high. 

 Branches alternate, covered with small tubercles. 

 glabrous ; younger ones, and the petioles, clothed 

 with stellate down. Leaves 2 in. to 3 in. long, and 

 1 in. broad ; shining on both sides, leathery. Petioles 

 about i in. long. Female flowers axillary, nearly 

 sessile, and solitary. The cup is in the shape of a 

 goblet, with the scales turned tne contrary way j oval, 



glabrous, and convex on the outside. Nut ovate, 

 twice the length of the chp. A native of the tem- 

 perate regions Of New Spain, between Moran and 

 Santa Rosa: where it forms immense forests, at an 



elevation of 6400 ft. (900 toises). The wood is very 

 bard, and will last a Ion;; time when driven into the 

 earth, or exposed to wet; on which account it is 

 much esteemed by the Mexicans, and is used in the 

 work* ol the mines. This oak is remarkable for its 

 leaves, which are entire and wavy on the margin; for 



the toMet shanal cups of its acorns, the scales of 



all point towards the tree, instead of from it ; 

 and the property which is pofsei id by its wood Of 



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Q. reticulata Humb. ct Bonp. PI. ASquin., t. 86., 



end our Jig. I8( k 5., Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 1. p. 110. 



d , emarginatc at the base ; slightly 



i towards the tip, rugged ; retlculately veined 



nutelv downy beneath Ptuil Sessile, on a 



ilated raceme. [Humb. et Bonp.) A very lofty 

 i brant hes downy. Leaves 8 In. long, a 



little . • the base. female Dowers in ax- 



about the length ol the haves 



mpanulate, closely imbricate Scales membranaceous, lanceolate, externally downy, attenuated 

 u rhal recurved. Nut ovate, twice as long a* the cup ; terminated by the per- 



I and mountains in New Spain, between Guanajuato and Santa KOS8, 



fori ts, at an elevation of about 6700 ft. (1450 toises}. it attains a great height, 

 ;ht, and of great diameter. The wood is used in building. 

 krytopkpUa Humb, el Bonp PI Xquln., t. 87., and our jig, 1864.. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., I. 

 i ttuse at the base ; (. 5-j»ointed at the apex; yellow beneath. Female flowers 



. flowered pedunculated Clusters. (Humb. et Bottp.) A fall tree; younger branches furrowed, 

 Leaves alternate, on long footstalks, 2te. long, membranaceous ; shining 



