358 Small: Shrubs and Trees of the Southern States 



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Quercus Laceyi 



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and irregularly grooved bark. Leaves deciduous but rather tardily 

 so, numerous ; blades oblong and with 3-5 shallow lobes, or ob- 

 long-obovate and more prominently 3-lobed below the apex, 4-8 

 cm. long, olive-green and with a waxy lustre above, grayish and 

 slightly and minutely scurfy beneath, sometimes truncate or sub- 

 cordate at the base, short-petioled : acorns sessile or nearly so ; cup 

 shallowly saucer-shaped, very thick and corky ; nuts oblong to 



oblong-ovoid, 15-19 mm. long, often depressed at the apex: seed 

 very bitter. 



On the summits of Caprina limestone hills, north-central Texas. 



Related to Q. breviloba but differing markedly in the glabrous 

 leaves, the thick corky coarsely warty cup of the acorn and the 

 oblong or ovoid-oblong nut. 



The original specimens were collected on Lacey's Ranch near 

 Kerrville, Texas, by Mr. Howard Lacey during the years 1899- 

 1900, and given to me by Professor W. L. Bray, of the University 



of Texas. Locally known as Bastard Oak. Type in the her- 

 barium of the New York Botanical Garden. 



- Quercus Brayi 



A large tree sometimes 18 m. tall, or more, with a pale flaky 

 bark. Leaves very numerous, deciduous ; blades thin, cuneate, 

 10-20 cm. long, abruptly acuminate at the apex, regularly and 

 coarsely sinuate-toothed nearly to the base, glabrous, with rela- 

 tively fevy, prominent and regularly placed lateral ribs, deep green 

 above, slightly paler and rather olive-green beneath ; petioles 1.5- 

 2.5 cm. long; acorns sessile or nearly so; cup hemispheric, 

 2-2.5 cm. broad, the lower scales somewhat warty on the back ; 

 nut oblong or ovoid, 2.5-3 cm - long, about 1.5 cm. thick: seed 

 rather sweet. 



In canons, central Texas. 



Quercus Brayi is most closely related to Q. Michatixii, but diners 

 conspicuously in the membranous and glabrous leaf-blades with 

 their few coarse teeth and lateral ribs, and the shorter and warty- 

 thickened scales of the cup of the acorn. The original specimens 

 were collected on Lacey's Ranch near Kerrville, Texas, by Mr. 



fessor W. L. Bray. 



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White Oak. Type 



in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden. 



