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roundish depressed nut. (Q. discolor, Ait ) — Dry woods, diiefly in the upper 

 districts. — A hirge tree, with the outer bark dark brown, the inner tliick and 

 yellow. Leaves turning light brown after frost. Nuts 6" -8" long. 



8. Q. rubra, L. (Red Oak.) Leaves oblong, with open shallow sinuses, 

 and 8-12 entire or sharply toothed lobes, smooth on both sides, paler be- 

 neath ; fruit large, cup shallow, flat, with fine scales, enclosing the base of 

 the ovate or oblong nut. — Rocky woods, Florida, and northward. — A large 

 tree. Leaves turning dark red after fro.st. Nut 1' long. 



9. Q. Georgiana, M. A. Curtis. Shrubby ; leaves small, very smooth, 

 somewhat obovate, wedge-shaped at the base, with deep or shallow open 

 sinuses, and 3-5 triangular lanceolate entire acute or obtuse lobes ; fruit short- 

 peduncled ; cup smooth and shining, saucer-shaped, enclosing one third of the 

 oval-globose nut. — Stone Mountain, Georgia (Raienel). — Shrub 6° -8° high, 

 growing in clusters. Leaves 3' - 4' long. Fruit abundant. Nut |' long. 



10. Q. palustris, Du Roi. (PinOak.) Leaves long-petioled, oval, trun- 

 cate or abruptly acute at base, with broad and rounded sinuses, and 5-7 

 sparingly-tootlied lobes, smooth on both sides ; cup shallow, with appressed 

 scales, enclosing the base of the nearly globular nut. — East Tennessee {Giit- 

 tinger), and northward. — A middle-sized tree. Nut ^' long. 



= = Leaves tomentose beneath. 



11. Q. falcata, Michx. (Spanish Oak.) Leaves oblong, rounded at the 

 base, 3 - 5-lobed ; the lobes entire or sparingly toothed at the apex, the ter- 

 minal one commonly narrow and elongated ; fruit rather small ; cup some- 

 what top-shaped, with coarse scales, enclosing half of the globular nut. — Var. 

 PAGOD.EFOLiA, Ell., has larger leaves, with 11-13 nearly opposite and spread 

 ing lobes. — Dry woods. — A large tree. Leaves 4' - 5' long, entire near the 

 base. Nut -J' long. 



12. Q. ilieifolia, Wang. (Bear Oak.) Shrubby ; leaves obovate, with 

 3-5 angular or short and broad mostly entire lobes, acute at the base, white- 

 tomentose, like the branchlets, when young, at length smooth and dark green 

 above ; fruit short-peduncled ; cup shallow, saucer-shaped, with coarse scales, 

 enclosing about one third of the ovate nut. — Barren soil in the upper dis- 

 tricts. — A slirub 3°-4° high. Leaves 3' -5' long. Fruit abundant. 



-I- -f- Leaves persistent. 



13. Q. myrtifolia, Willd. Leaves rigid, ovate or obovate, acute or ob- 

 tuse, l'-2' long, entire, the margins revolute. Fruit nearly sessile, single or 

 clustered. Cup shallow, one fourth the length of the ovate or globose nut. — 

 Dry sandy soil along the coast. — Stem 4° - 8° high, rarely taller. Leaves 

 r-2' long. 



* * Fruit annual. 



14. Q. pumila, Walt. (Rcnmxg Oak.) Branchlets slender, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves mostly deciduous, cuneate-lanceolate, slightly undulate, nearly 

 sessile, white-tomentose beneath; fruit small, single ; cup siiallow; nut ovate. 

 — Sandy pine barrens in the lower districts. — Stems 2°-8° high, from long 

 creeping roots. Leaves l'-3' long. 



