CupulifercE.'] 



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basi in petiohim brevem attenuatis adultis prassertim serratis glaucescentibus coriaceis 

 punctis minutis resinosis adspersis margine reflexo obsolete nervosis, amentis axillaribus 

 solitariis, fructibus tuberculatis nudis. — Ch. et Schl. in Linncea, VI. p. 535 ; Hook. Flor. 

 Bor. Am. II. p. 260. — M. Xalapensis, supra p. 160; (an H.B.K.?) 



Ord. LVIII. CUPULIFER.E. Rich. 



1. Quercus agrifolia (Nee) foliis subcordato-ovatis remote spinoso-dentatis utrinque 

 glabris perennantibus, fructibus solitariis geminisque axillaribus, cupulae hemisphaericae 

 basi attenuatse squamis adpressis oblongis obtusiusculis glabriusculis, glande ovato-oblonga 



acuta juniore subconica Nee in Ann. Sc. Natur. III. p. 271 ; Willd. Sp. PL IV. p. 431 ; 



Spr. Si/st. 111. p. 859 Hook. Ic. PI. ined. 



2. Q. Garryana (Dougl.) foliis membranaceis latissirne obovatis utrinque obtusis sin- 

 uato-pinnatifidis siccitate nigrescentibus supra glabris subtus petiolis ramisque dense fusco- 

 pubescentibus lobis latis obtusissimis, fructibus sessilibus, cupula perbrevi-hemisphoerica 

 dense squamosa squamis ovato-acuminatis pubescentibus, glande ovata obtusa cum umbone 

 conico. Hook. flor. Bor. Am. II. p. 159. 



California. Menzies. Douglas. 



3. Q. Douglasii ; foliis membranaceis oblongo-ovalibus basi acutis petiolatis sinuato- 

 pinnatifidis siccitate baud nigrescentibus, supra glabris subtus puberulis, lobis brevibus 

 acutiusculis, petiolis ramulisque junioribus dense fulvo-pubescentibus, fructibus sessilibus 

 solitariis binisve, cupula bemispbaerica dense squamosa squamis ovatis convexis in appen- 

 dicem submembranaceam fulvam appressam linearem obtusam productis pubescentibus, 

 glande ovata cupulam triplo superante obtusa cum umbone conico. — Hook. Ic. PL ined. 



The leaves and whole appearance of this plant closely resemble Q. sessiliflora, but the scales of the cu- 

 pule are different. In this respect also, as well as in the shape and colour of the leaves when dry, it differs from 

 Q. Garryana. We have branches with nascent foliage which we suspect to be the young state of this 

 plant ; in these the leaves are covered with down on both sides, the lobes are tipped with a short soft mucro. 



4. Q. densiflora ; foliis perennantibus coriaceis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis basi 

 obtusis breviter acuminatis parallele nervosis integerrimis margine revolutis junioribus 

 fulvo-furfuraceo-tomentosis subtus pallidioribus demum glabris, amentis masculis elongatis 

 folia subsuperantibus densifloris valde tomentosis nunc ad basin flores paucos femineos 

 gerentibus, fructibus sessilibus, cupula brevi bemispberica dense squamosa, squamibus 

 elongato-linearibus laxis sericeis, glande ovato-globosa sericea Hook. Ic. PL ined. 



This remarkable plant has very much the appearance of a Castanea, the fruit in the only specimen we 

 possess being situated at the base of a male somewhat fascicled catkin of the former year, while the numerous 

 male catkins of the present year present no appearance whatever of female flowers. The leaves are from 

 two and a half to three inches long, and nearly three-quarters of an inch in breadth. 



