ALXUS. — QCTEECUS. 
38y 
very narrow msmbraDOus margin. — E. B. 2326. — A small pro- 
cumbent shrub. L. minute. Catkins subsessile, small. — Turfy 
places in the Highlands. Sh. V. Dwarf Birch. S. 
5. Al nxts Mill. Alder. 
1. A. glutino&a (Gaert.j : 1. roundish blunt wavy serrate 
glutinous rather abrupt with a wedgeshaped base, axils of the 
Veins beneath downy. — E. B. 1508. R. xii. 641. .S7. 29. 15. 
— A moderately large tree. Trunk and branches crooked. 
Male catkinslongand pendent : fem. ones short, ovoid or oblong, 
very persistent. — ^. incisa; leaves deeply cut. — Wet places and 
river-banks, fi. Wigtonshire. Dr Balfour. T. III. E. S. I. 
Tribe 1\ . Cupuliferce. 
6. Fa'gus Linn. em. Mill. Beech. 
1. F.sylvat'ica{h.); 1. ovateglabrousobscurely dentate cUiate 
on the edges. — E. B. 1846. R. xii. 639. — A large tree with 
triquetrou.5 fruit. — Woods, particularlv on calcareous soils. 
T. III. IV. " E. 
7. Casta'nea Jdill. Chestnut. 
[C. sativa (Mill.) : 1. oblong-lanceolate acuminate mucronate- 
serrate glabrous on each side. — Fagus Sm. E. B. 886. R. xii. 
640. C. vulgaris (Lam.j. — Height 50 — 80 feet. A magnificent 
tree. — A very doubtful native. T. V. Siveet Chestnut.] E. 
8. Quee'cus Linn. Oak. 
1. Q. Robur (L. 1755) : 1. deciduous stalked obovate-oblong 
sinuate, lobes blunt, inv. much shorter than the ripe acorn its 
scales adpressed. — a. Q. Robur (L. 1753): young branches 
glabrous, petioles short, fr.-catkins long-stalked, fr. scattered. 
E. B. 1342. — ,i. Q. intermedia (D. Don ex Leight.) ; young 
branches glabrous, petioles long, 1. stellate-downy beneath, 
fr.-catkins shortly stalked, fr. near together. Mart. Rust. 11. 
7. Q. sessilijlxrra (Salisb. em. Leight. ) ; young branches downy, 
petioles long, 1. glabrous beneath, fr.-catkins subsessile, fr. near 
together. E. B. 1845.— It is generally supposed by foresters 
that there are two if not three species of Oak in Britain. 
I have failed in learning how to distinguish them. — Woods. 
T. lY. V. E. S. I. 
