DiCLiNiA AMENTACE^. Quercus. 62g 



gia. Tn . May. v. v. The Dotvny Black Oak is 

 from twenty to forty feet high, according to Michaux, 

 of very rapid growth, and extremely well calculated lor 

 inclosing of lands. 



15. Q. foliis coviaceis cuneiformibus basi subcordatis, apice nigra. 



dilatatis retuso-subtrilobis, junioribus mucronatis, su- 

 pra glabris, subtus rubiginoso-pulverulentis, cupula 

 turbinata : squamis obtusis scariosis, glande brevi- 

 oxata.— in/ld. sp. pi. 4. p. 442. 



Q. nigra /3. Sp. pi. 1413. 



O. ferruginea. Mich. arb. 2. p. 92. 



Icon. Mich, querc. n. 12. t. 22. 23. Mich. arb. t. 18. 

 Catesb. car. 1. /. I9, IVangh. amer. t, 5.f. 13. Abbot. 

 insect, t. 58. 



In barren sandy or gravelly woods : New .Jersey to Flo- 

 rida. Tj . May. I'. V. The Barren Oak or Black 

 Jack of the Virginians is of low growth, especially in 

 the more northern states : it bears very abundantly 

 and furnishes a fine mast for hogs : the wood is small, 

 but excellent for fael. 



16. Q. foliis obovato-oblongis levissirae sinuatis subtus pu- iincloria, 



bescentibus, lobis oblongis obtusis obsolete denticula- 

 tis setaceo-raucronatis, cupula scutellata, glande de- 

 press©- globosa. — IP'illd. sp. pi. 4. p. 444. 



Q. tinctoria angulosa. Mich, querc. n. 13. t. 24. 



Q. discolor. JVilld. nov. act. soc. nat. scut, berol.3. 

 p. 399. 



Q. vekitina. Lam. encycl. 1 . p. 173 



In all large woods, particularly in the mountainous parts : 

 New England to Georgia. Ij . May. v. v. The 

 Black Oak, or Quercitron, is one of the largest trees of 

 the American forest, and highly valuable on account of 

 its timber as well as its bark, which is so very superior 

 in tanniiig to any other species of oak. 



1/". Gl- foliis oblongis pinnatifido-sinuatis subtus pubescenti- discolor. 



bus, lobis oblongis dentatis setaceo- mucronatis, cu- 

 pula turbinata, glande ovata. — Willd. sp. pi. 4. 

 p. 444. 



Ql. tinctoria sinnosa. Mich, querc. n. 13. /. 25. 



Icon. Abbot, insect. 2. p. 111. iff 50. Pluk. aim. t. 54, 

 f.5. 



In large forests : Pensylvania to Carolina. Ij . May. 

 V. V. Resembles the preceding, and likewise Q. coc- 

 cinea. The young expanding leaves are covered with 



