niCLiNiA AMENTACEJE, Castancfl. 



625 



hiost useful trees of the forests, tbe wood being ex- 

 tremely durable, and in high esteem for po^ts and rails 

 to construct fences. The nuts are very delicious, 



2. C. foliis oblongis acutis niucronato-serratis subtus albo- 

 tomentosis. — JV'Jld. sf). pi. 4. p. 46l . 



Fagus rmr.iila. Sp. pi. 1418. 



Icon. Mich. arb. l. p. 166. /. "j. TVhngh. amer. t. \g. 

 f. 44. Abbol. insect, t. 57. Catesh. car. 1. t. (). 

 Pluk. alvi. t. I56.f. 2. 



In dry banen and sandy fields and woods : New Jersey 

 to Georgia. Ip . M.ny, June. v. v. This small tree, 

 or rather shrub, grows to the height of thirty feet 

 and upvA'ards in the southern regions, but to the north 

 it seldom exceeds seven or eight feet. The fruit is 

 very sweet and agreeable to eat, and is generally known 

 by the name of Chinquapin. 



pumila. 



700. QUERCUS. Gen. pi. 1446. 



* FruLtificatio biennis ; fructibus sitbsessilib.us ; foliis selaceo' 

 nnicronatis. (in specie 1. muticis.) 



f Foliis integerrimis, 



1. Q. foliis deciduis lineari-lanceolatis utrinrjue attenuatis Phcllos» 



integerrimis glabris mucronatis, cupula scutellata, 

 glande subrotunda. — Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 423. 



Q. Phellos sylvatica. Mich, querc. n. 7. 



Icon. Mich, I. c. t. 12. Mich. arb. 2. t. 12. Catesl. 

 car. 1. t. 16. Jbbot. insect .2. t. Ql. JVangh. amer. 

 t. 5.f. 11. Pluk. amalth.t. 441. f. 7. 

 ^. Q. foliis brevioribus. Catesb. car. 1. t. 22. Wangh. humilis, 



amer. t. 5.f, 12. 



In low swampy forests, near the sea-coast: New Jersey 

 to Florida. Tj . May. v. v. The Ifillow Oak grows 

 to the height of about fifty or sixty feet. The young 

 leaves are dentated. The variety /3. is of low strag- 

 gling growth. 



2. Ql. foliis perennantibus coriaceis lanceolatis integerrimis maritima. 



glabris basi attenuatis, apice acutis tnucronatis, cupula 



scutellata, glande subrotunda, — Willd. sp, pi. 4, 



p 424. 

 Q. Phellos maritima. Mich, querc. t. 13. f. 1, 

 On the sea-coast of Virginia and Carolina, Tj , May, 



June, V. V. A low shrubby species, from three to 



eight feet high. 



