DICLINIA AMENTACEJE. QuerCUS, '63ft 



high, and known under the names OveT'Oip Oah, 

 Swarnp-post Oak, and IVuter TFhite Oak. The fruit 

 is ahiiost entirely covered with the cupula or calvx. 

 ^9- Q. foiiis oblongis pinnatifido-sinuatis subtns pubescenti- alia, 



bus, lobis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis intetrerrimis basi 

 atteniuitis, tVuciibus pedunculatis, cupula subctaterata 

 tuberculosa, basi pldna, glande ovata. — IViild. sp. 

 pi. 4. p. 44Q. 



Icon. Mich (juerc. n. 4. /. 5. Mich. arh. 2. p. 13. /. 1. 

 Du Rni hurbk. 2. t. 5. f. 5. IVangh. aiiier. t. ■i.f. Q. 

 Cntesb. car. 1. l.2\.f. 2. 

 /3. Q, foiiis levissime lobatis utrinqiie viridibus, Mich. I. c. repanda, 

 t.5.f.2. 



In fertile forests : New England to Carolina. /3. Pen- 

 sylvania and Carolina. fj . May. v. v. The JVhite 

 Oak is one of the most abundant and useful of this 

 genus in America ; it grows in the middle states to an 

 immense size. 



f I Folds integris, dentatis. 



30. Ql. foiiis longe petiolatis obovatis acutis subtus pube?cen- Prinus, 



tibus grosse dentatis, dentibus subaequalibus dilatatis 

 apice callosis, cupula craterata basi attenuata, glande 

 ovata. — IViUd. sp.pl.4. p. 43Q. 



(El. Prinus palustris. Mich.fi. amer. 2. p. I96. 



icon. Mich, querc. n. 5. t. 6. Mich. arb. 2. t. /. Du 

 Roi harbk. 2. t. Q. f. 3. IVangh. amer. t. 4. /. 8. 

 Catesb. car. 1. t. 18. Pluk. aim. t. 54. f. 3. 



In low shady woods and on the banks of rivers : Pensyl- 

 vania to Florida. Tj . May. v. v. This large and 

 useful tree is knovi'n by the name of Chesnut White 

 Oak, Swamp Chesnut Oak, and, to the south, White 

 Oak. The fruit is large, and of a sweet taste. 



31. Ql. foiiis brevi-petiolatis oblongo-obovatis subtus albo- iicolor. 



tomentosis grosse dentatis basi integerrimis, dentibus 

 inaequalibus dilatatis acutiusculis apice callosis, fructi- 

 bus geminis longe pedunculatis, pedunculo in setam 

 terminante, cupula hemisphaerica, glande oblono-o- 

 ovata. — IFilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 440. 



Cl. Prinus tomentosa. Mich, querc. n. 5. t. g.f. 2. 



Q, Prinus discolor. Mich. arb. 2. p. 46. t. 6. 



In low wet woods : Pensylvania to Carolina. Tj . May. 

 V. V. The Swamp White Oak grows to a very large 

 tree ; the acorn, as of most of the chesnut oaks, is 

 sweet, 



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