The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . SuuJuu-s- liOi J)oiUj/lnss Oak. Qiiercus Douolasii Client de Vmn/las OiHiciis l)ciiHiri(H-:i DENSE-FLOWERED OAK. 21 covered with the same steUated pubescence. The stigmas ofthe fertile flowers are from three to five in number. PLATE IV. A branch of the natural size, ivith acorns, a. The male catkin ari
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . SuuJuu-s- liOi J)oiUj/lnss Oak. Qiiercus Douolasii Client de Vmn/las OiHiciis l)ciiHiri(H-:i DENSE-FLOWERED OAK. 21 covered with the same steUated pubescence. The stigmas ofthe fertile flowers are from three to five in number. PLATE IV. A branch of the natural size, ivith acorns, a. The male catkin arid yoimgleaf. b. The staminiferous flower magnified. Castanopsis. Aments elongated and persistent, perianth lanuginous,divided to the base; scales of the spreading cup loose and squar-rose; stamens exserted; nut somewhat angular and downy; stig-mas several, filiform, and deciduous. Trees of Oregon, California, and the Himalaj^a Mountains in India,with the aspect of the Chestnut. Leaves entire, penuately nerved,sempervirent. Aments elongated, erect, the flowers flowers . . ? To this section, or rather genus, belougalso, as far as the male specimens are concerned, the Qaercus glomerataand Quercus spicaia of Dr. Wallich. DENSE-FLOWERED OAK Quercus densiflgra. Foliis percnnaniibus coriaceis petiolatis oblongolanceolatis basi obtusis b
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