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That is, a hybrid phcllos x tinctoria iiiig-ht in turn be 

 fertilized by cinerea or nig^ra, and this tree be the re- 

 sult. 



Q. falcaia. — Q. phcllos x Q. cuneata. — The leaves 

 are 3 to 5 inches long", and 1 to 2 inches broad ; oval or 

 oblong- to lanceolate in outline. The smaller leaves are 

 entire, ovalin outline, and acute at each end and have 

 a verv short petiole ; while the larg-est are lanceolate 

 with several shallow lobes towards the base and a long" 

 terminal, frequently falcate lobe, tipped with a singde 

 bristle. The petioles are from one-fourth to one-half 

 an inch long-. The nearly sessile cup is saucer-shaped, 

 .5 to .6 inch in diameter and .2 inch deep with the close- 

 ly appressed scales tubercled at base. The cup en- 

 closes only the base of the gdobose or sub g-lobose nut 

 which has the lig-ht brown color, in dead specimens, 

 and wartiness peculiar to cuneata. Nuts are mostly 

 imperfect and many, only half-formed. A larg-e tree 

 60 to 65 feet in height with a larg-e and spreading- crown; 

 bole 18 inches in diameter, with a rough dark bark re- 

 sembling- that of phellos. The foliag-e was a lig-ht 

 g'reen on November 20 ; dead leaves turn at once a dull 

 brown. 



Quercus iiiinor var. Marg-arctta. — The leaves are 2.5 

 to 3 inches long-, and 1.5 to 2 inches broad. They are 

 oval in outline ; entire, wavy-marg-ined or with three 

 spreading- lobes at the summit. They are mostly acute 

 at base, rarel}^ obtuse or truncate. Above they are 

 smooth, below they are soft downy. The slender pe- 

 tiole is from one-fourth to one-half inch long-. The 

 twig-s are slender and smooth. The buds are acute and 

 brig-ht red, sharply 5 angled and larg-e, .15 to .2 inch 

 long-. The cup is top shaped, rarely rounded at base, 

 sessile or nearly so. The cup is .4 to .55 inch deep, 



