628 DiCLiNiA amentacejE. Qucrcus. 



dual known, which grows on the plantation of the 

 Messrs. Bartrams near Philadelphia. It probably is 

 only a hybrid plant on that account, and cannot with 

 propriety be considered a genuine species : but the 

 younger Michaux having given a good figure of it, I 

 insert it here on that account only. 

 aquatica. 1 1- Gl- foliis obovato-cuneiformibus glabris integerrimis apice 

 obsolete trilobis, lobo intermedio majore, cupula he- 

 niisphaerica, glande subglobosa. — IVilld. sp. pi. 4. 

 p. 441. 



Q. nigra. Sp. pi 1413. 



Q. uliginosa. (Vangh. amer. t.Q.f. 18. 



Icon. Mich, querc. 72. 11. ^ IQ. /. 20. /. 1. 3. 4. 5. ^ 

 t.2\. Alick. arh. 1. p. 89. /. 17. 



In swamps : Maryland to Florida. Tj . May. v. v. 

 The IVater Oak is about forty feet high whejn full 

 grown ; its wood is but little valued. Its leaves vary, 

 according to soil and age, ad infinitum. There is 

 scarcely one tree found having leaves like the other, 

 and the same tree is almost as variable in its different 

 branches. 

 hemisphceri- 12. Q. foliis perennantibns oblongo-lanceolatis indivisis tri- 

 ca. lobis sinuatisque, lobis mucronatis, utrinque glabris. 



IVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 443. Barlr. it'm. 320, 



Icon. Mich, querc. t. 20. /. 2. 



In Georgia and Florida, f? . May. v. v. s. This 

 is probably nothing more than a young, plant of Q. 

 aquatica, which is so very apt to vary in its foliage. 

 nana. 13. Q. foliis cuneiformibas glabris apice trilobis basi subsi- 



nuatis, lobis divaricatis mucronatis intermedio majore, 

 axillis venarum subtus pubescentibus. cupula scutel- 

 lata, glande ovato-subglobosa.— /^Fi/W. sp. pi. 4. 

 p. 443. 



Q. aquatica elnngata, Jit. heiv. 3. p. 357. 



Icon. Allot, insect. 2. t. 5g. 



In pine-barrens of South Carolina. Tj . May. v. v. s. 

 Jr. A low-growing species, always keeping distinct 

 from Q. aquatica. 

 triloba. 14. Q. foliis oblongis cuneiformibus basi acutis, apice sub- 



trilobis, lobis aequalibus mucronatis, intermedio lon- 

 giore, subtus tomentosis, cupula scutellata, glande 

 depresso-globosa. — IVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 443. 



Q. cuneata. IVangh. amer. p. 78. t. 5.f. 14. 



Icon. Mich, querc. n. 14. t. 26. Allot, insect. 1. /. 50 ? 



In pine-barrensj near the sea-coast : New Jersey to Geor- 



