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specimens from Chickering (fig. 1, A) and Ward (plate XII, 

 fig. 4) show a condition of greater acuteness than do the leaves 

 from Cedar Point. Again, the margins between the lobes of 

 the leaves of the type tree show a tendency toward rolling back 

 which is not characteristic of the Cedar Point forms, or of any 

 other representatives of this oak that have come under my 

 notice. Taken all in all, however, the Cedar Point leaves ap- 

 proach nearer the type than any other forms examined. 



The acorns compare very closely in all the forms examined. 

 The transversely cut stem of Lea's tree shows the five distinct 

 bands bounded by the ten primary pith rays coming off at the 

 angles of the pith, as noted for imbricaria, and as found in the 

 Cedar Point Leana. There are also a few additional broad rays, 



