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13 Q. ilicifolia, Wanp:. (Bear-Oak.) Shrubby; leaves obovatc, wi:h 

 S- 5 angular or short and broad mostly entire lobes, acute at the base, whitc- 

 tumentose, 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. (Q. Banisteri, Michx.) — Barren 

 soil in the upper districts, Georgia, and noithward. — A shrub 3° -4° high. 

 Leaves 3' - 5' long. Fruit abundant. 



^ 2. Fruit annual: leaves aicnless, deciduous. 

 * Leaves sinuate-lobed. 



14. Q. obtusiloba, Michx. (Post-Oak.) Leaves with 5-7 broad 

 rounded or notched lobes separated by wide open sinuses, narrowed at the base 

 into a short petiole, pubescent beneath ; cup hemispherical, enclosing one third 

 or one half of the oval nut. — Cold clayey soil, Florida, and northward. — A 

 tree 40° - 50° high. Nut ^' long. Leaves 4' - 6' long. 



Var. parvifolia. Leaves smaller (I^'- 3' long), oblong, obtuse, entire or 

 sinuate-toothed, nearly smooth on both sides, rusty-pubescent, like the branchlets, 

 when young ; nut larger. — feuud-ridges near the coast, "West Florida. — A shrub 

 or small tree. 



15. Q. alba, L. (White Oak.) Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, with 

 7-9 mostly obtuse and entire narrow lobes separated by narrow sinuses, nar- 

 rowed into a petiole, densely tomentose, like the branchlets, when young, at 

 length smooth or glaucous beneath ; fruit large, nearly sessile ; cup hemispheri- 

 cal, enclosing one third of the oblong-ovate nut. — Damp woods, Florida to 

 Mississippi, and northward. — A large tree with white bark. Leaves 4' - 6' 

 long. Nut about 1' long. 



16. Q. maerocarpa, Michx. (Mossy-cup Oak.) Leaves thin, obovate- 

 oblong, pubescent or pale beneath, acute at the base, short-pctioled, slightly or 

 strongly few -many-lobed ; the lobes rounded, entire or obtusely toothed ; fruit 

 large ; scales of the cup thick, the upper ones produced into long awns ; nut 

 ovoid, included, or half enclosed in the cup. — Woods and river-banks, North 

 Carolina, and northward. — A middle-sized tree. Leaves C- 15' long. Nut 

 I'-li'long. 



17. Q. lyrata, Walt. (Over-cup Oak.) Leaves crowded at the end of 

 the branchlets, obovate-oblong, acute at the base, 7 - 9-lobed, white-tomentose 

 beneath, or at length smoothish, shining above, the lobes triangular, acute, and 

 entire; fruit sessile: cup round-ovate, with rugged scales, almost covering the 

 roundish imt. — River-swamps, Florida to North Carolina. — A large tree. 

 Leaves 5'- 8' long, short-petioled. Fruit 1' long. 



* * Leaves toothed. 



18. Q. Prinus, L. (Swamp Ciiestnut-Oak.) Leaves oblong or obo- 

 vate-oblong, obtuse, with rounded teeth, smooth and shining above, pale and 

 pubescent beneath, acute at the base, short-petioled ; fruit large, short-peduncled ; 

 cup hemispherical, rugged with tubercular scales, enclosing the base of the 

 roundish or oblong-ovate nut. — Low grounds, Florida to Mississippi, and north- 

 ward. — A large tree. Nut about 1' long. 



