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ofre notes can add but little. I do not think the follow- 

 ing* h3^brids have been previously reported from North 

 Carolina : Quercus Ricdkinii, Q. sinuata, Q. aquatica 

 X Qi Cateshcei, Q. minor x Q. alba. The last one I 

 find in the middle section of both North and South 

 Carolina. In Mecklenburg- county I found a fine speci- 

 men of Q. coccinea x Q. pkcllos, but its characters do 

 not agree at all with the Q. hcterophylla as described 

 by Michaux in the Sylva or by Mr. Martindale. I have 

 a larg-e number of other forms from these and other 

 states which I have not yet looked over or from which I 

 have not yet succeeded in obtaining- fruit or flowers. 



To several of these -hybrids, which are most constant 

 in form, distinct in character and which are not inter- 

 mediate in form between the parents, I have ventured 

 to apply specific designation. 



The following are the forms in my herbarium which 

 I have looked over, with a few brief notes describing 

 them : 



Q. cinerea x Q. Catcshcei. — Form i. — The sessile 

 leaves, 3 to 5 inches in length, are narrowly oval to ob- 

 long, rarely oval in outline, with three short bristle- 

 tipped lobes at the summ.it ; or oval and entire. They 

 are either rounded or acute at base. Above they are 

 smooth and shining- ; below, whitened with the close 

 white stellate pubescence of cinerea. The veins are 

 straight and prominent Vv hile those of cinerea are ob- 

 scure. The twigs and buds are coarse and large like 

 those of Catesba^i ; but the bark and general appear- 

 ance of the trees is that of cinerea. The persistent 

 leaves turn, in the fall, first a 3'ellow and then by De- 

 cember a dull brown, at which date the foliage of 

 Catesbaei is scarlet or partl}^ green. The fruit, however, 

 is that of Catesban, frequently, with a tumid base to 



