OAKS. 
Natural Order , Cupulifer^e. Linncean Classification , 
Moncecia, Polyandria. 
QUERCUS. (Toijrnefort.) 
Monoicous. Male flowers in loose catkins or racemes. Calyx 
monophyllous more or less deeply 5-cleft. Stamens , 5 to 10 
with short filaments, the anthers oval and 2-celled. 
Female flower solitary, with a cup-shaped undivided hemi- 
spherical involucrum formed of agglutinated imbricate scales, 
sometimes free at the summit. Perianth minute, superior. 
Ovary terminated by 2 to 3 stigmas, 3-celled, with 2 ovules. 
Nut or gland ovate-cylindric, coriaceous and smooth, 1-celled; 
albumen none, germ erect, with thick and fleshy cotyledones. 
Trees or shrubs, principally of temperate regions. Leaves 
alternate, stipulate, simple. Flowers green and inconspicuous, 
appearing before the complete expansion of the leaves. Nearly 
allied to the Chestnuts, ( Castanea .) 
WESTERN OAK. 
QUERCUS Garryana, (Dougl. Mss.), foliis petiolatis , obo- 
vatis , utrinque ohtusis sinuatis subtus pub es cent ibus, adul- 
tis subglabris , lobis obtusis subxqualibus superioribus sub- 
bilobis,fructibus sessilibus , cupula subhemisphserica dense 
squamosa , squamis acuminatis pubes cent ibus , glande ovata. 
Quercus Garry ana. Hooker, Flor. Bor. Amer. vol. 2. p. 159. 
In our western tour across the continent, no feature 
of the landscape appears more remarkable, after passing 
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