626 



myrtifolia. 



DICLINIA AMENTACE/E. Quei'CUS. 



3. Q. foliis deciduis lanceolato-oblongis integerrimis subun- 



datisbasi atler.uatis ob'.usis, apice dilatatis acutis subtas 

 sericeis, cupula sculellata, glande subglobosa. — JVilld. 

 sp. pi. 4. p. 424. 



Q. Phellos pumiia. Mich, querc. t. 13. f. 1.^2. 



Q. Phellos sericea. Ait. kew. 3. p. 354. Abbot, insect. 2. 

 t. 51. 



Q. pumiia. Mich. arl. 2. /?.S4. t. 15. IValt. fl car. 234. 



Near the sea-coast : Carolina to Florida. Tj . May. v. v. 

 The Rumiiiia Oak is perhaps the smallest of all the 

 species, scarcely ever exceeding two feet in height. 



4. Q. foliis perennantibus coriaceis oblongis integerrimis 



glabris otrinque acutis supra nitidis margine revolutis. 

 — JVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 424. 

 In Carolina. JVilldenotv. 1- . +. Leaves resemble 

 those of Myrtus communis with large leaves ; the fruit 

 is not knovvn. 



5. Q. foliis perennantibus coriaceis oblongo-ellipticis inte- 



gerrimis margine revolutis basi obtusis apice acutis 

 muticis subtus stellatim pubescentibus, fructibus pe- 

 dunculatis, cupula turbinata, squamis abbrevialis, 

 glande oblonga — IF Hid. sp. pi. 4. p. 425. 



Q. Phellos /3. Sp.pl. 1412. 



Q. sempervirens IVult fl. car. 234. 



Icon. Miih. (juerc. t. 10. iSfW. Mich. arl. t.U. Catesl. 

 car. 1. t. l6". 



Near the sea- coast : Virginia to Florida and Mississippi. 

 y>.. May. V. V. The Live Oak grows to the height 

 of forty or fifty feet, spreading its branches, when in 

 open places, extremely wide : it yields the finest and 

 most durable ship- timber of any species knovvn; for 

 which reason it is considered one of the most valua- 

 ble trees in America. 



6. Q. foliis perennantibus coriaceis lanceolato-oblongis inte- 



gerrimis margine revolutis basi attennatis apice obiu- 

 siuscnlis mucronatis subtus stellatim tomentosis, true- 

 tibns sessilibus, cupula scutellata, glande subglobosa. 

 — U'illd. sp pi. 4. p. 425. 



Q. Phellos /3. Ait. hew. 3. p. 354. 



Q. humilis. Ifhlt.fl. car. 234. 



Icon. Mich, querc. n. 8. t. 14. Mich. arh. 2. p. 80, 

 t. 14. 



In dry barren soil and pine-forests : Virginia to Georgia. 

 Vl . May, June. v. v. The Upland Willow Oak h 



