126 WOODY PLANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



FIRST SECTION. 



Leaves not mucronate ; fruit supported on footstalks ; fructifica- 

 tion annual. 



This includes the White Oak, the Swamp White Oak, the 

 Chestnut Oak, the Rock Chestnut Oak, the Over Cup White 

 Oak, the Post Oak, and the Little Chincapin Oak. 



SECOND SECTION. 

 Leaves mucronate ; fruit nearly sessile ; fructification biennial. 

 Black Oak, Scarlet Oak, Red Oak, and Little Bear Oak. 



TABLE OF THE SPECIES. 





Leaves not mucronate. 2. 

 mucronate. 5. 



Leaves lobed. 3. 

 toothed. 4. 



{Leaves nearly regular, acorn cup warty. White Oak. 1st. 

 deeply lobed, very irregular, cup fringed. Over cup. 2d. 

 ■ upper lobes dilated, star-like, very rough. Post. 3d. 



f Leaves wedge-sbaped at base, much larger towards the end, with one deep 



) sinus on each side. Swamp White. 4th. 

 Leaves nearly regular, long and narrow. Chestnut. 5th. 

 larger towards the end, entire, rounded at the extremity. 



Rock. 6th. 

 Leaves larger towards the end, waved or toothed ; a shrub. Chinca- 

 pin. 7th. 



Leaves deeply sinuate, downy beneath ; bark yellow within, very bitter. 



Black. 8th. 

 Leaves more deeply sinuate, smooth beneath ; bark reddish within, less 

 5. -i bitter. Scarlet. 9th. 



I Leaves less deeply sinuate, lance-shaped ; cup very broad, scales close. 



j Red. 10 th. 



(_ Leaves somewhat lyrate, or 4-or 6-sided ; a shrub. Bear. 11th. 



