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nerves of different degrees; their number to a certain point (?), the 
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pedicelled or sessile; the form of the cup at the base; the termination 
of the lower scales of the cup; the direction of the scales in the ripe 
ruit. 
De Candolle adopts the three subgenera of Endlicher, adding two more 
from species which Endlicher puts under Lepidobalanus. The subgenus 
Androgyne, is formed by the single (Californian) species, Quercus densi- 
flora Hook, which has the flowers of both sexes in an upright spike, male 
with South Asiatic species. All the other American species belong to the 
subgenus Lepidobalanus. The arrangement in the ** Prodromus" is thus: 
I. LEPIDOBALANUS. 
8 1. Abortive ovules below. Maturation annual. 
* Leaves deciduous. 
Q. LyRATA Walt., Q. MACROCARPA Michx. (with var. abbreviata and mi- 
nor); Q. OLIVÆFORMIS Michx., Q. BIcoLor Willd. ( Q. Prinus tomentosa 
Michx., Prinus discolor Michx. f., Michauxii Nutt.). There is a variety 
cultivated in France, f. platanoides— Q. prinus platanoides Lam.— Q. velu- 
tina herb l'Her.— Q. pannosa Bosc. (which is, perhaps, Q. mollis Nutt.— Q. 
filiformis Muhl.). Q. Prinus L.—Q. prinus palustris Michx. (De Candolle 
refers to this the flgure Q. montana in Emerson's Trees of Mass., Pl. 6, and 
the text to the next). Q. Prinus B acuminata=Q. castanea Muhl. (Emer- 
son says the younger Michaux makes this a distinct species. h no 
so as far as I know). Q. Prinus Y monticola=Q. Prinus foliis obovatis 
Wangenh.—Q. montana Willd., Q. Prinus à chincapin=Q. prinoides Willd. 
=Q. Prinus pumila Mich.—Q. chincapin Ph.= Q. Prinus chincapin Michx. 
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fil. Q. sa Walt. 
three varieties f Floridana— Q. Floridana Shutlew, y depressa (Nutt.) on 
