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(Jiicn-Ks Mcrdiidcri Krittoii. (M;iini:il of tlir Mom of tlio NortluTii States 

 and Cuiuula, i>aj;e 3o(>.) 



To this species is to lie referrtnl the forms cited in the State Oatfilogue, 

 l)a,y:e 713. under Q. Priniis L. 



Q. AlcaanOeri is closely allied to Q. aciiminaia (Michx.) Honda, includ- 

 iiij; really wliat were formerly i-egarded as broad-leaved forms of the 

 latter species. The description is as follows: 



"A tree similar to the precedin.y- species (Q. acmiiinata), but the leaves 

 l)r()adest alvove the middle, olxivate or o1)long-obovate; cup cupulate, sliort- 

 stalkcd or sessile, sliallow; acoi'ii ovoid. l..")-2 cm. lonji'. 2-3 times as lii.yh as 

 the cuiK bar]<; especially tliat of the old trees, flaky." 



I'rolialily faii-ly dislrilnitcd t hrou.uliout tlie State in tlie same situa- 

 tions as (J. aciiiiiiiKitd. 



In some resjiects. notably the vciKition of the le;it' and tlic .-icorn. the 

 form closely a]ii»i(i:iches O. I'riuiis. 'I'lic catalo.nue should. lio\vev(u% be 

 corrected to read .-is indicated iiy this p.nra.nrapli. Specinu-ns of the leaves 

 are hei"e\vith ])resented. 

 Sixi/iiihriKiii. (iltixsiiinivh ly. 



Tli'is species, adventixe from l<;nroi)e. is re|)orted by I>r. Kobert Iless- 

 ler as .i;i-o\vin.u- aloni; the State Line Uaili-oad. east of Lake Cicott, Cass 

 County, .lune 7. I'.Mil; Lake Ma\inku<-kee. Marshall County. H. W. Clark. 

 The species is easily distins;ulslied from the oilu-r members of the genus 

 by its heiiiht. from (>-!> dm. 

 \'ici<i (nifiiistifolia Roth. 



"Growing plentifully along the old Eel River railroad in the northern 

 portion of Logansport. I had not noticed it in former years and it must 

 have been introduced recently." (Robert Hessler.) 



Britton, in his manual, page 500, gives the range of the species from 

 Nova Scotia to Florida. This record is a western extension of the range. 

 The intlorescence being axillary, separates it readily from the other mem- 

 bei's of the genus except 1'. satirii Ij. and Y. sciiiiim L.; from hoth of 

 wliicli it is easily distinguished by the characti-r (tf the leatlets. 

 Siinplnildrid Icporvlld Bicknell. 



"Lake Cicott. June 7, ITMH, in Hower; Lake Maxinkuckee. .Inly 2i, 

 11M»1. in fi-nit. Plants are more upright and bloom much earlier than the 

 other species, at least by the end of May." (Robert Ilessler.) Also col- 

 lected at Liake IMaxinkuckee by li. W. Clark. 



