. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. LXX. CORYLA^CE^: QUE'rCUS. 889. 1635. App. 1. European Kinds of Oaks not yet inb-oduced. Q. ioffnea Lam. Q. <Egi. lopifolia Willd. (our fig. 1635.' from specimen in the Lin- naean herbarium.) — Leaves on short downy footstalks, obovate, with numerous uni- form shallow lobes
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. LXX. CORYLA^CE^: QUE'rCUS. 889. 1635. App. 1. European Kinds of Oaks not yet inb-oduced. Q. ioffnea Lam. Q. <Egi. lopifolia Willd. (our fig. 1635.' from specimen in the Lin- naean herbarium.) — Leaves on short downy footstalks, obovate, with numerous uni- form shallow lobes ; downy beneath ; somewhat heart- shaped and unequal at the base. Fruit sessile. (Smith.) Natives of Spain and the south of France. Introd. 1840. Q. segilopifilia Pers. Syn. 2. p. 570., Q. hispanica ;8 Lam., has oval, sinuated, and dentated leaves, the teeth of which are close together and almost obtuse ; green above, and downy beneath. The acorns are pedunculated, and half-enclosed in a smooth cup. The bark is cracked, but not corky. Native of Spain. Q. Brdssa Bosc, Mem. sur les Chenes, p. 319. (Chene Brosse at Nantes ; Chene nain Sonami) bears so great an analogy to Q. pyrenaica (see p. 853.), that, according to Bosc, it may possibly be only a variety of that species. Q, viminalis Bosc, Mem. sur les Chenes, p. 316. (Chene Saule, Chene Osier, Chene de Hai, jFV.) is found in the departments in the East of France. It is common on the Jura, and on the mountains of the Vosges. It seldom grows higher than 6 or 8 feet ; with a grey bark; leaves resembling those of Q. pe- dunculata, but much smaller, of a brighter green, and always very smooth. Q. aspera Bosc, Mem. sur les Chenes, p. 328. (le Chene apre, Fr.^ has the leaves petioled, coriaceous, of a medium size, elongated irregularly, but not deeply lobed; the lobes broad, pointed, and mucronated. The upper surface of the leaf is studded with small tubercles, beset with stiff bristle-like hairs disposed in stars, which are very r
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