460 PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS. 



3. Quercus AGRIFOLIA, Nee. 



Querents agrifolia, Nee in Ann. de Cienc. Nat. 3, p. 281, fide Liebm. 1. c. ; Hook. 



Ic. 4, t. 377 ; Nutt. Sylv. 1, p. 5, t. 2 ; Newberry, 1. c. p. 32. 

 Q. oxyadenia, Torr. in Sitgr. Rep. t. 17. 

 Q. acutiglandis, Kellogg, in Proceed. Calif. Acad. Nat, Sc. p. 1, 25. 



Hab. Valley of the Sacramento, from Shasta Butte southward, and 

 on the Coast Mountains, to the borders of Mexico ; common. — This 

 is the species most frequently known in California by the name of 

 Evergreen Oak or Scrub Oak. It is often rather a large shrub than 

 a tree. On the Sacramento it is sometimes 40 feet high, and then 

 possesses considerable beauty, having the general appearance of Live 

 Oak. Like all the evergreen oaks of California, the leaves present a 

 great variety in size and outline. They are from nearly 3 inches to 

 scarcely an inch in length, and from 2 inches to less than half an 

 inch in diameter ; the margin either entire or remotely and sharply 

 toothed. The larger leaves (at least in dry specimens) are more or 

 less bulate. The acorns are sometimes ovate and half immersed in 

 the cup, but commonly more or less elongated and acute ; occasionally 

 very narrow, almost like a cockspur. The cup is always deep, and 

 clothed with brown shining scales, which project and form a fringe 

 around the margin. 



4. Quercus oblongifolia, Torr., Var. brevilobata. 



Q. folds perennantibus anguste vet ovato-oblongis utrinque obtusis vel basi 

 cuneatk subtus griseo-tomentosis supra pubescentibus delude grabratis 

 breviter paucilobatis, lobis obtusis vel sinuato dentatis vel subinteger- 

 rimis ; fructibus solitariis sessilibus ; cupula hemispliairica , squamis 

 ovatis obtusiusexdis appressis interdum incrassatis; glande ovato- vel 

 augusto-oblonga acuta cupula 3—5-plo longiore. 



Q. Eansomi, Kellogg in Proceed. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. 1, p. 25.? 



Hab. Mountains of the Upper Sacramento. — A tree 40 feet high, 

 with a trunk 1 foot in diameter ; the branches spreading but little, 

 and clothed with a dense foliage. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, and 



