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blades obovate, oval, or elliptic, 7—14 cm. long, acute or slightly acuminate, 
the 1 die veins rather few and distant: ripe involueres with long slender 
spines t 1-1.5 em. long.—Dry sandy soil, woods and thickets, various prov- 
inces, Pla. 15 Tex., Tad., and N. J.—Spr. 
3. | Ashei Sudw. Shrub or tree up to 10 m. tall, the bark smooth: leaf- 
blades a E Kd. varying to obovate, cuneate, or oblan die usually 
ped r and n r than in C. pumila, mostly ro unded or à ae 
acuminate, the lateral veins 7 no numerous ane aoe D p involucres 
with a tubby spines.—Dry sandy soil, woods, hammocks, Coastal Plain, 
Fla. to Tex. and Yi. Spr r.—The form with RP "leaf. blades has been 
e as 'c. Margaretta Ashe. 
4 C. ozarkensis Ashe. Tree up to 20 m. tall, sometimes with several 
stems from a common base, the trunk sometimes l m. in diameter, the 
bark furrowed: leaf-blades elliptic-obovate to broadly lanceolate-elliptie, 
15-235 e or less acuminate, with coarse a bristle-tipped 
ripe in PEA 
b ath: 
5-3.5 em. in diam ied , the spines e and densely sabes a Ca 
sana Ashe]—(CHINQ APIN.)— —Woods, rocky signee. and stream-banks, bid 
Ouachita Plateau iud adj. Coastal Plain, Miss. to La., Okla., and S Mo. —Spr. 
C. alabamensis Ashe. Tree up to 10 m. tall, with a SOR EAE facie 
bark; leaf-blades ,elliptie x varying to elliptie- Les M elliptic-oblanceola 
nid cur ong, rather eoarsely dentat ird bristle tipped 
eeth, what dis qe often ead. eattered hair s be- 
ath: ied involuere 2.5-3.5 em. in diame the spines pedcs Pen petis 
iu scent.— ( CHINQUAPIN.) —Hillsides s ode banks, Ala.—Spr. 
6. C. piis „SSarg.) Ashe. Arborescent shrub with several or numerous 
de fro n base, up to 18 m o stems rarely over 2-3 dm. 
n diameter: leaf blades elliptie, v arying t oadest above the middle or 
below , 6-13 e Mm tely epi o See h when young, glabrous 
mewha t shin ing maturity, oe Mis an rather sharply 
toothed, the teeth bristle id: ripe involuc 2.5 em. in diame C. 
alnifolia floridana Sarg. Loe vo Woods and Pucmp E. Coastal 
Plain, Fla. to E Tex. and S Ark.—Spr. 
C. alnifolia Nutt. Shrub with underground stems (rootstocks) and erect 
bi 3 Mi dm Mi leaf-blades cuneate to lanceolate with a cuneate base, 
5-15 em. long, o obtu or apiculate at the apex, wi awny or dirt 2 
tomentum Pos th, the lateral ribs in 12—14 n Ras involucres 1.5— 
in diameter: nut solit ary, 1.5-2 cm. long. [C. a Muhl.]— (Cun AEN. 
Y-CHINQUAPIN —Pinelands and sandhills, Coastal Plain, Fla. to La. and 
C.—Spr 
QUERCUS [Tourn.] L. Shrubs or trees, with coarse-grained wood. 
Tes me entire, toothed, or lobed.  Staminate aments drooping: calyx 
4—7-lobed: stamens 6-12, the B pe short.  Pistillate flowers 
dilated. Mat i 
solitary or several: ovary usually 3-ce stigmas 3, dilated. ature 0 
lucre m saucer-like or deeper, bendi: mei the nut, or rarely enclosing it.— 
0 species, natives of the Northern Hemisphere.—The wood is ex- 
a a in construction work, cabinct-work, and for tools and utensils. 
The fruits furnished an important food supply for the Indian. The white- 
ks and live-oaks are the more valuable kinds.—Spr., or wint. S.—OAKS. 
