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curved, much longer than the pale yellow corolla. Calyx campanulate, 

 divisions obtuse, pedicels short, whole panicle subpubescent. Flowers dense. 

 Leaflets 7, glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, acute at both ends, sharply and unequally 

 serrate. Shrub 3-5 feet high, with a smooth bark. Flowers in March. Panicles 

 4-6 inches long. Leaflets 2-4 inches long. 

 Hills in the vicinity of Larissa, Texas. 



Halesia reticulata. Leaves broad-ovate, pubescent on the midribs, 

 scabrous, obscurely dentate, teeth small, acute, under surface of leaves 

 pale, much reticulated. Fruit 4-winged, two lateral wings double in width 

 the others. Style long, mucronate. Leaves 4-5 inches long and 2-3A inches 

 broad. Fruit smooth, 1-1J inches long, and 6-7 lines broad. Pedicles 5-7 

 lines long. Small trees, branches smooth, bark of trunk light gray, furrowed. 



Banks of streams tributary to the Red River, above Nachitoches, Louisiana. 



Fraxinus Nuttalli i. Leaflets 5-7 , lanceolate, acute at both ends, irregu- 

 larly toothed, upper surface smooth, under surface pale and subpubescent 

 along the midribs, short-stalked, petioles long, glabrous, fruit ovate-lanceolate, 

 three-winged acute at both ends, branches smooth, bark of trunk gray, and 

 furrowed. Fruit about 2 inches long, by 5 lines broad. Leaflets 3-4 inches 

 long by 1 inch broad, sometimes unequal at base. 



In swamp?, Wilcox County, Alabama. Small trees about 6 inches in 

 diameter, and 20-25 feet high. As Nuttall had not material for a complete 

 description, none can tell what is meant by his Fraxinus triptera; but as 

 possibly he may have intended the tree now described, I call it Nuttall's Ash. 



Gary a Tex an a. Leaflets 7-9, broad -ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, sharply 

 serrate, smooth on both sides, paler beneath, acute at apex, subobtuse or 

 acute at base. Staminate and pistillate catkins subpubescent. Fruit globular, 

 slightly 4-angled. Shell thin, separating to the base. Trees three to four feet 

 in diameter, and forty to fifty feet high. Bark of trunk very thick, deeply 

 and irregularly furrowed, not scaly. Leaflets 6-8 inches long, and 2-3 inches 

 broad. 



Dry soil. Common in Upper Louisiana, and in Texas extending as far west 

 as Atacosa County. " Thick bark, hickory." 



Q,uercus Shumardi i. Leaves oblong, or obovate in outline, smooth, 

 deeply sinuate-pinnatifid, sinuses broad, convergent, 3-5 on each side, lobes 

 many-toothed, teeth sharply and setaceously acute. Acorn globular, or 

 ovoid-oblong, subacute, cup shallow, slightly turgid, scales acute. A large 

 tree with shining deep green leaves, those on the upper portion of the tree 

 being much and deeply lobed. The lunes are generally deeper near the 

 petiole than towards the apex of the leaf. Acorn resembles Q. rubra, but is 

 more acute, 1-1 ^ inch long, and 6 lines to 1 inch broad. Limbs, trunk and 

 branches much like the water-oak, Q. aquatic a. Wood yellowish-white, 

 fine grained, and esteemed for rails, boards, and the frame-work of buildings. 

 I have measured specimens which were six feet in diameter, with an estimated 

 height of 70-80 feet. Its leaves retain their greenness long after the first 

 frosts, when those of the frost-oak, black-jack and scarlet-oak are dead. 



It occurs in Upper Louisiana, Eastern and Middle Texas. Shumard's Oak. 

 In honor of Dr. B. F. Shumard, State Geologist of Texas. 



Ouercus Texana. Leaves ovate-oblong in outline, smooth, both sides 

 deeply sinuate-pinnatifid, with broad, divergent sinuses, 3-5 on each side, 

 lobes 1-3 toothed, teeth acute setaceous. Nut ovoid, oblong, acute, cup 

 hemispherical, slightly turgid, scales acute, closely appressed. Tree 3-5 feet 

 in diameter, and 60-70 feet high, branches smooth, bark of trunk of a dark 

 slate color, slightly furrowed, very like Q. phellos and Q. a q u a t i c a, with 

 which it is often associated. Lower leaves of this tree with lobes often 

 truncate, while the upper leaves have deep, broad, divergent sinuses, and the 



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