Small: Shkucs and Trees of the Southern States 358 



Quercus Laceyi 



A shrub or small tree, becoming 6 m. tall, with a rough deeply 

 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. brcviloba 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 few, 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 h most closely related to Q. Michauxii, but differs 

 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. 

 Howard Lacey in the years 1 899-1900, and sent to me by Pro- 

 fessor W. L. Bray. It is locally known as White Oak. Type 

 in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden. 



