1848

ARBORETUM AND FttUTICETUM.

PART III.

japonicapendula. The largestbranch is about 17 ft. in lengthto where it touches theground, and it extends about4 ft. or 5 ft. more along itssurface. This variety seemsremarkably distinct, and welldeserving of culture. Thetree produces acorns, some ofwhich have been kindly sentto us by Lady Bolton, whichwe have distributed.

¥ Q. C. 3 variegata Lodd. Cat. ,ed. 1836, only differs fromthe species in havingtheleavesvariegated.

b. Leaves dentate. Cups of the Acorns bristly.

7 Q. C. 4 austriaca; Q. austriaca Willd., No. 76., N. Du Ham., vii. p. 183,,Rees’s Cycl., No. 84.; Q. terris Host Syn., 520. a and /3. No. 28.;Q. crinlta y 6’erris Lin., Lam. Diet. , i. p. 718.; Q. calyce hispido,&c., Bauh. Pin., 420.; terras Clus. Hist., i. p. 20.; Cerri mindris fa-mulus cum flore Ger. Emac., 1346, with Clusius ’s figure; CerrisPlinii minore glande Lob. Ic., ii. p. 156., Ger. E-mac., 1345.; -dE'gilopsminbre glande Dod. Pempt., 831.; Haliphlce'os, terras fee'minaDalech. Hist., i. p. 7.; ourj%. 1708.; and the plate of this tree in our

last Volume. — Leaves on longish stalks, ovate-oblong, slightly, butcopiously, sinuated; downy and hoary beneath ; lobes short, ova e,

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