DICLINIA AMENTACER. Quercus. | 
ia. b. May. v. v. The Downy Black Oak is 
from twenty to forty feet high, according to Michaux, 
of very rapid growth, and extremely well calculated for 
inclosing of lands. 
15, Q. foliis coriaceis cuneiformibus basi subcordatis, apice 
dilatatis retuso-subtrilobis, junioribus mucronatis, su- - 
pra glabris, subtus rubiginoso-pulverulentis, cupula 
turbinata: squamis obtusis scariosis, glande brevi- 
ovata.— Willd. sp. pl. 4. p.442. 
Q. nigra B. Sp. pl.1413. » 
Q. ferruginea. Mich. arb. 2. p. 92. : 
Icon. Mich. querc. n. 12. t. 22. 23, Mich. arb. t. 18. 
Cates}. car. 1. t. 19. Wangh. amer. t. 5. f. 13. Abbot. 
insect. t. 58, oe 
In barren sandy or gravelly woods : New Jersey to Flo- 
rida. h. May. v.v. The Barren Oak or Black 
Jack of the Virginians is of low growth, especially in 
‘the more northern states: it bears very abundantly 
and furnishes a fine mast for hogs : the wood is small, 
but excellent for fuel. 
16. Q. foliis obovato-oblongis levissime sinuatis subtus pu- 
bescentibus, lobis oblongis obtusis obsolete denticula- 
tis setaceo-mucronatis, cupula scutellata, glande de- 
presso- globosa .— Willd. sp. pl. 4. p. 444. 
Q. tinctoria angulosa. Mich. querc, n. 13* t. 24. 
. Q. discolor. Willd. nov. act, soc, nat. scrut, Lerol. 3. 
. Q. velutina. Lam. encycl. 1. p. 173 
In all large woods, particularly in the mountainous parts : 
New England to Georgia. h. May. v. v. The | 
Black Oak, or Quercitron, is one of the largest trees of 
the American forest, and highly valuable on account of 
its timber as well as its bark, which is so very superior 
in tanning to any other species of oak. - 
17. Q. foliis oblongis pinnatifido-sinuatis subtus pubescenti- 
bus, lobis oblongis dentatis setaceo-mucronatis, cu- 
pula turbinata, glande ovata.— JJ id. sp. pl. 4. 
. Q. tinctoria sinuosa. Mich. querc. n. 13. t. 25. 
i ps Abbot. insect, 2. p. 111. & 56. Pluk. alm. t. 54. 
je. Me J : 
In large forests: Pensylvania to Carolina. h. May. 
v.v. Resembles the preceding, and likewise Q. coc- 
sinea, The young expanding leaves are covered with 
tinctoria; / 
discolor. 
