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DICLINIA AMENTACEJE. QuerCUS, 



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

 either Q. rubra 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. 



ff f Fol'ds profunde sinuatis lohatisque. 

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



bris, lobis divaricatis dentalis acutis setaceo-mucrona- 

 tis, cupula turbinata insigniter squamosa, glande brevi- 

 ovata. — IVil/d. sp. pi. 4. p. 446, 



Icon. Mich, querc. n. 18. /, 3 ) , 32, Mich. arh. 2. p. 1 16. 

 /. 23, Wavgh. amer. t. 4./. Q. 



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, 



ambieua. ^9' ^* ^oWh sinuatis glabris basi acutis, sinubus subacutis, 

 cupula subscutellata, glande turgide ovata. — Mich, 

 arl: 2. p. 120. 



Icon, Mich. I. c. t. 24. 



On Hudson's Bay and in Nova Scotia. Michaux. 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 acatiusculis dentatis setaceo-niucronatis, cupula 

 scutellata sublaevi, glande subovata turgida. — IVilld. 

 sp.pl. 4. p. 445. 



Icon. Mich, qucrc. n. 20. t. 35. 30, Mich. arh. 2. p. 126. 

 t. 26. Wangh. amer. t. 3./. 7. Pluk. aim. t. 54. f. 4. 

 Du Rot harbk. 2. /, 5. /. 2, 



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

 gany mountains. Tp . 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, amligua, and 

 aquaiica, in several parts of America. 



Cateshcei, 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. — IVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 44(5. 

 Icon. Mich, querc. n. 17, t. 29. 30. Mich. arl. 2. p. 101. 

 t. 20, Catesh.car. 1. /.23. 



