mCLINlA AMENTACEJE. QuerCUS. 



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high, and known under the names Over-cup Oah, 

 Sw(nn[)-post Oak, and IVaier Jridte Oak. Ihe^ruit 

 is almost entirely covered witl^the cupula or calyx. 



29. Q. foliis oblongis pinnatifido-sinuatis subtus pubescenti- alia, 



bus, lobis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis integerrirnis basi 

 attenuatis, fructibus pedunculatis, cupula subcraterata 

 tuberculosa, basi plana, glande ovaia. — IVilld. sp. 

 pi. 4 p. 449. 

 Icon. Mich qiierc. n. 4. i. 5. Mich.'arb. 2. p. 13. t. 1. 

 Du Roi hnrbk. 2. t. 5.f.5. JVav^h. ar/ier. t. 3 f. 6. 

 Cntesb. car. 1. l.ll.f. 2. 

 /B. Q. toliis levissime lobatis utrinque viridibus, Mich. I. c. repaoda, 

 t.d.f.l. 

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

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

 Oak is one of the most abundant and useful of (his 

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

 immense size. 



-ff FoUis integris, dentatis. 



30. Q. foliis ionge petiolatis obovatis acutis subtus pube?cen- Prinus» 



tibus grosse dentatis, dentibus subsequalibus dilatatis 

 apice callosis, cupula craterata basi attenuata, glande 

 ovaia. — IVilld sp. pl.4. p. 43g. 



Q. Prinus palustris. Mich. j^. amer. 2. p. I95. 



Icon. Mich, qucrc. n. 5. t. Q. Mich. arb. 2. t. /. Du 

 Roi harbk. 2. t. 6. f.3. IVangh. amer. t. 4. / 8. 

 Catesb. car. \. t. 18. Pluk. aim. t. 54./. 3. ' 



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

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

 useful tree is known by the name of Chesnut White 

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

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



31. Q. foliis brevi-petiolatis oblongo-obovatis subtus albo- licolor, 



tomentosis grosse dentatis basi integerrimis, dentibus 

 inaequalibus dilatatis acutiusculis apice callosis, fructi- 

 bus geminis Ionge pedunculatis, pedunculo in setam 

 terminante, cupula hemisphaerica, glande oblongo- 

 ovata. — IVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 440. 



Qi. Prinus tomentosa. Mich, cjuerc. n. 5. t. g.f. 2. 



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



In low wet woods : Pensylvania to Carolina. T2 • "^^y'' 

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

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

 «weet. 



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