626 DICLINIA AMENTACE®. Quercus. 
| sericea, 3. Q. foliis deciduis lanceolato-oblongis integerrimis subun- 
datis basi attenuatis obtusis, apice dilatatis acutis subtus 
sericeis, cupula scutellata, glande subglobosa.— Willd. 
sp. pl. 4. p. 424. 
Q. Phellos pumila, Mich. querc. t. 13. f. 1. & 2. 
Q. Phellos sericea. Ait. kew. 3. x 354. Abbot. insect. 2. 
B s #. 51. 
Q. pumila. Mich. arb. 2. p.84. t. 15. Walt. fl. car. 234. 
Near the sea-coast: Carolina to Florida. h. May. v.v. 
The Running Oak is perhaps the smallest of ^i the 
species, scarcely ever exceeding two feet in height. 
| myrtifolia, — 4. Q. foliis perennantibus coriaceis oblongis integerrimis 
glabris utrinqne acutis supra nitidis margine revolutis. 
` — Willd. sp. pl. 4. p. 424. 
In Carolina, Willdenow. Ņ. +. Leaves resemble 
those of Myrtus communis with large leaves ; the fruit 
is not known, 
| pivem, 5. Q. foliis perennantibus coriaceis oblongo-ellipticis inte- 
gerrimis margine revolutis basi obtusis apice acutis 
muticis subtus stellatim pubescentibus, fructibus pe- 
dunculatis, cupula turbinata, squamis abbreviatis, 
glande oblonga —Willd. sp. pep» 425. 
aè Phellos B. Sp. pl. 1412. ee 
Q. sempervirens. Walt. fl. car. 234. — — 
Icon. Mich. querc. t. 10. & 11. Mich, arb, t. 11. Catesb.. 
car. 1. t. 16. 
Near the sea-coast : Virginia to Florida and Mississippi. 
. May. v.v. The Live Oak grows to the height 
of forty or fifty feet, spreading its branches, when in 
open places, extremely wide: it yields the finest and - 
most durable ship-timber of any species known; for 
which reason it is considered one > of the most valna- 
ble trees in America. ; 
cinerea. 6. Q. foliis perennantibus coriaceis anceolato-oblongi 
gerrimis margine revolutis basi itii apice obtu- 
siusculis mucronatis subtus stellatim tomentosis, fruc- 
. tibus sessilibus, copula scutellata, pe ipae. 
— Willd. sp pl. 4. p. 425. 
Q. Phellos B. Ait. kew. 3. p. 354 i 
Q. bumilis. Walt. fl car, 234. 
Icon. Mich. querc. n. 8. t. 14. Mich. arb. 2, p. 80. 
t. 14, 
In dry barren soil and pine-forests : Vi 
b. May, June. v.v. The 
inia to Georgia. 
‘illow Oak is 
