. Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture, management, and uses in the arts, in useful and ornamental plantations, and in landscape-gardening; preceded by a historical and geographical outline of the trees and shrubs of temperate climates throughout the world . chuca, at an elevation of 8400 ft (1400 toise«). It is re-markable, on account of the position of its female flowers,which arc placed under the ma
. Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture, management, and uses in the arts, in useful and ornamental plantations, and in landscape-gardening; preceded by a historical and geographical outline of the trees and shrubs of temperate climates throughout the world . chuca, at an elevation of 8400 ft (1400 toise«). It is re-markable, on account of the position of its female flowers,which arc placed under the male flowers ; and for thebeautiful goKlen colour of the under surface of the leaves ;a ])Oculiarity which distinguishes it from every other de-scribed species of oak. Michaux mentions that this treeis remarkable for the thinness of its foliage. O. puich^lla Humb. et Bonp. PI. .^uin., t. 88., andour^. , Michx. N. Amer. SyL, 1. p. 110. Leavesoblong, obtuse; emarginate at the base; covered withwhite down beneath; teeth short, mucronate. Fruit ses-sile, almost solitary. Jlumh. et Bonp.) A shrub from 12 18 ft. high, with a trunk about 2 ft. in circumference, and a smooth bark. Branches alternate,round, covered with tubercles, or callous dots. Leaves crowded towards the tips of the branches ;IJ in. to Sin. long, on longish footstalk^, leathery, wavy on the margin; shining above, reticu- lately veined and co-vered with whitedown
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