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MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 



WiO. .M. specie. I am personally ""X'^llent^f ^g'lf nS' 

 which was sent me ""^er th.s name by D j^Muh^^^^^^^^^ 



,i,h the description of W.denow and mtam^' "^ <>»| ,^^ ,^, ,4,,, „f 

 Q. Aqautlca or Q. Launfo l.a that I ^ve jeen ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^. ^^^ 



far/incSt aefp^ 'l^^^^^^^^ - '"-' »-* • 

 %1:::"n S ptatbarrens „f Carolina and Georgia, Pur*. 



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Flowers. 



11. Nigra. 



Q. 



foliis coriaceis 



9 



Leaves 



coriaceous 



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basi w 



cuneiformibus, 

 suiicordatis, apice 

 talis, retuso-subtrilo- 

 bis, junioribus mucro- 

 natis, supra glabris 



redse sHaped, slightly 



dila- 1 cordate at base, ddated 



at the summit, retusely 

 3-lobed, when young 

 mucronate, glabrous on 



subtus rubisinoso-pul 



verulentis; glande bre 



vi-ovata. 



the upper surface 

 ty and pulverulent 



derneath 



nut 



rus- 

 un- 



shorti 



ovate. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 442. Walt. p. 234. 



Mich. 2. p 



198. Prush, 2. p. 629; 



Niitt. 2.p. 214. 



Icon, Mich. Querc. t. 



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23. Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 92 



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A small tree 20-25 feet high, rarely exceeding 10 i^^J^^^^ '^i^avel 

 irregular in its growth, and covered with a thi^k /^f^ .^/^^^^^^jt, obsnirely 

 on short petioles 5-7 inches long, obovate, delated at the summ ,^ ^^^^.^^ 

 3.1obed, glabrous on the upper surface, covered undemeatnw ^^^^^ ^^^^^ 

 ous dust. Nid short, ovate, mucronate, not abundant, ^uj^ 



The wood of this tree is of little or no value as ti^^ber, but it js^muc^^.j^ 

 teemed for fuel. It is universally known by the name of blac^^ ^^ ^,^^. . 

 the name of Black Oak is as generally given to ^^'^^^^J/P; distinct ana 

 with the lobes, sometimes obsolete unarmed, sometune> v j 



mucronate. 



Growfo'n the poorest sand hills, and always indicates n dry barren 

 Flowers March, April. 





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