630 DICLINIA AMENTACE^. Q-UCrCUS. 



a white down on both sides^ which is not the case with 

 either Q. ruhra or Q. coccinea. Whether the figure of 

 Q. tinctoria Mich. arh. 2. /. 22. belongs to this or the 

 preceding species, I have not been able to decide. 



f f f FoUis profunde sinuatis lohatisque. 

 coccinea. 18. Q. foliis longe petiolatis oblongis profunde sinuatis gla- 



bris, lobis divaricatis dentatis acutis setaceo-mucrona- 

 tis, cupula turbinata insigniter squamosaj glande brevi- 

 ovata. — IVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 446. 



Icon. Mich, querc. n.\S. t.3\. 32. Mich. arh. 2. p.WQ. 

 t.23. IVatigh.amer.t.A.f.g. 



In fertile woods : New England to Georgia. Tj . May. 

 V. V. The Scarlet Oak is a very large tree, and changes 

 its leaves in autumn to a bright red, which give the 

 woods a very picturesque appearance. 



ambima. ^9- ^' ^o'"^ sinuatis glabris basi acutis, sinubus subacutis, 



cupula subscutellata, glande turgide ovata. — Mich, 

 arb. 2. p. 120. 



Icon. Alich. I. c. t.24. 



On Hudson's Bay and in Nova Scotia. Michanx. Tj . 

 May. + . This is an intermediate species, between 

 the preceding and following one, and probably only a 

 hybrid plant. Michaux calls it Gray Oak. 

 rulra, 20, Q. foliis longe petiolatis oblongis glabris obtuse sinuatis, 



lobis acutiusculis dentatis setaceo-mucronatis, cupula 

 scutellata sublaevi, glande subovata turgida. — IVUld. 

 sp.pl. 4. p. 445. 



Icon. Mich, querc. n. 20. t. 35. 36. Mich. arl. 2. p. 126. 

 t. 26. Wangh. amtr. t. 3./. J. Pluk. aim. t. 54./. 4. 

 DuRniharlk. 2. /. 5. f.2. 



In fertile forests: Canada to Pensylvania, and in the Alle- 

 gany mountains, Ij . May. v. v. This large and 

 fine timber tree is exclusively known by the name of 

 Red Oak, which name is likewise applied to Q. tinc- 

 toria, coccinea, falcata, palustris, phellos, amhigua, and 

 aquatita, in several parts of America. 

 Caleslcei. 21. Q- foliis brevissime petiolatis basi cuneatis oblongis pro- 

 funde sinuatis glabris, lobis tribus quinisve divaricatis 

 dentatis acutis setaceo-mucronatis, cupula turbinata 

 ampla : squamis obtusis marginalibus introflexis, glande 

 subglobosa.— ^ri//rf. sp. pi. 4. p. 446. 



Icon. Mich, querc. n. IJ. t. 2g. 30. Mich. arb. 2. p.lOli 

 t.20. Catesb.car. l.t.2'3. 



