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closely adpressed. ( Spreng .) “ A tall tree, a native of Portugal, in the south

of Beira, and on the hills near Coimbra; flowering in May. It appears tobe a hybrid between Q, Robur and Q. pubescens. It is not found in anyof the mountainous parts of the north of Portugal; but there it is probablychanged to Q. .Robur.” ( Brotero’s Ft. Las., ii. p. 31.) The Q. australis ofthe Horticultural Society’s Garden has the leaves glaucous beneath. What-ever species this oak may turn out to be, it promises to be a very handsomeevergreen, as hardy as Q. 7'lex; and we hope it will soon be generally in-troduced into collections.

1 44. Q. Coo'k u. Captain Cook’s Oak.

Description. Leaves evergreen ; oval or lanceolate-elliptic ; dentate,with recurved teeth; sessile, and green and glabrous on both sides. (SeeJig. 1815.) Among the acorns procured by the Horticultural Societyfrom Gibraltar appear to be some of aspecies different from Q. australis; or,possibly, it may be only a variety ofQ. gramuntia. As there are only two-years’ seedling plants in the country, verylittle can be said about it; but we haveventured to apply to it the specific nameabove given, in honour of Captain S. E.

Cook of Carlton, near Darlington, whowas the means of its introduction, whois an enthusiastic arboriculturist, andwho has kindly and liberally supplied uswith valuable information respectingQuercus, Emus and other genera.

S 45. Q. falkenbergensis Booth. The Falkenberg Oak.

Description. Allied to the section Robur, but with leaves short, and ser-rated like those of Q,. Cerris. Fruit small and roundish, and reproducingplants with the same characters as the parent. Discovered about 1832, onthe Falkenberg in Hanover, near Hamburgh, and introduced into Englandby the Duke of Bedford in 1837. ( Booth , in letter; and Forbes’s Hurt. Tour.,p. 5.)

App. ii. European Kinds of Oaks not yet introduced.

Q. faginea Lam. ; Q. cEgilopifbliaDiet, 1. p. 725., Willd., No. 68., N.

Du Ham., 7. p. 179., Rees's Cycl. No.

76. ; Phellodrys 41ba angustifblia, &c.,

Dalech. Hist., 25. ; and our Jig. 1816.,from the specimen in the Linneeanherbarium. Leaves on short downyfootstalks, obovate, with numerous uni-form shallow lobes; downy beneath ;somewhat heart-shaped and unequal atthe base. Fruit sessile. {Smith.) Nativeof Spain and the south of France.

Leaves small, 1| in. long, deciduous,obovate, very slightly sinuated, or,more properly speaking, coarsely tooth-ed ; the lobes being very short, equal,and obtuse; the upper side polishedand smooth; the under white anddowny. Footstalks downy. Fruit ses-sile. {Willd.) In the Linnaean her-barium are specimens .gathered byBaron Alstrcemer in Spain, whichanswer extremely well to the abovedescription, and not amiss to the figureof Dalechamp, which Lamarck cites with hesitation. In these, however, the lobes, or teeth, areacute, and the upper surface covered with minute starry hairs. There are also long, linear,recurved, rainentaceous stipules, that are soon deciduous. We do not scruple to consider thisLamarck’s plant at least, and probably Willdenow’s. {Smith in Rees's Cycl.)

Q. asgilopifblia Pers. Syn. 2, p. .570.; N. Du Ham., 7. p. 174.; Q. hispanica /3. Lam. Diet. Ency.,1. p. 723.; Chene a Feuilles d’Egilops, Rose ; has oval, sinuated, and dentated leaves, the teeth of