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This is a large tree, which resembles the Laurel, and attains theTeight 
of 40 feet : it is found in the temperate parts of New Spain, in the environs 
of Pachuca, Totonilco and Grande : it flowers in May. 
Quercus PvEpanda. Q. fructicosa, procumhens ; ramulis foliisque^suhtus albido-to- 
mentosis, subsessilibus, oblongis, obtusiusculis, busi inœqitalibus, sinuato-repandis 
coriaceis ; fructihus subsolitariis, sessilibus. 
This is a shrub about 2 feet in height : it grows in moist shady situations, 
between Real del Monte and Moran, and flowers in May. 
Quercus depressa. Q. fructicosa, procumbens ; ramulis pubescentibus ;foliis sem- 
pervirentibus, oblongis, acutis, basi rotundatis, argute et remote dentatis, rigidis, 
glabris, nitidis ; fructibus geminis aut ternis, br éviter pedunculatis. 
This species is an evergreen shrub, numerously ramified, and only 1 or 
2 feet in height : it abounds in the same situations with the preceding, and 
flowers in May and June. 
Quercus chrysophylla. Q. ramulis sulcatis, pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis, basi 
rotundatis ^apicem versus cuspidato-dentatis, membranaceis, supra nitidis, subtus tenu- 
issime aureo-tomentosis ; fructibus ternis aut quinis, pedunculatis. 
This tree, which has a thin foliage, rises to the height of 30 or 40 feet, 
and is from 18 to 24 inches in diameter : it grows in the temperate and 
stony parts of New Spain between Moran, Pachuca and Regia, and flowers 
in May. 
Quercus jalapensis. Q. ramis tuberculatis ; foliis longe petiolatis, ovato-oblongis, 
acuminatis, remote cuspidato-dentatis, subcoriaceis, glabris ; fructibus solitariis aut 
geminis, breviter pedunculatis ; cupulis cyathiformibus. 
This is a very lofty tree, about 2 feet in diameter ; it is very common in 
the forests near Jalapa, on the eastern side of the mountains ; it fructifies 
in January. 
Quercus acutifolia. Q. foliis ovato-lanceolatis, acu7ninatis, inœqualiter subcorda- 
tis, subtus pulverulento-tomentosis, ferrugineis, sinuato-de^itatis ; dentibus elongatis^ 
cuspidatis ; fructibus geminis aut quaternis, hrevissime pedunculatis. 
A very lofty tree, about 2 feet in diameter, which grows on the west 
side of the mountains between Venta de Acaguisolta and la Majonera : it 
fructifies in May. 
Quercus stipuuaris. Q. ramulis ferrugineo-tomentosis ; foliis obovato-oblongis, 
subcordatis, argute et grosse dentatis ; crasse coriaceis, supra nitidis, subtus flavido- 
tomentosis stipulis pej'sistentibus ,■ fructibus solitariis aut geminis, sessilibus. 
This tree rises to the height of about 50 feet, and has a thick foliage : 
it is found on the mountains of Mexico near Actopan, and fructifies in 
May. 
Quercus syderoxyla. ramulis pubescentibus / foliis obovato-oblongis, basi rotun- 
datis, apicem versus argute serratis, cordatis, remote et obtuse dentatis, membranaceis, 
subtus tomentosis ; fruct ibus longe pedunculatis, subspicatis ; cupulis hemisphæricis. 
A very lofty tree, from 1 to 2 feet in diameter ; it grows in the temperate 
