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MONOECIA TRIANDRIA 



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along the veins. In the Sprhig they are hoary and pubescent on both sur* 

 faces^ whicli is not the case with either the Q. Coccinea or Q, Rubra— 



Willd. 



With this species I am not well acquainted. The leaves in the figures of 

 Abbot resemble very much those of the last variety mentioned under Q. 

 Tinctoria, but are hoary from their pubescence. 



Grows in the oak lands of the middle and upper country — a large tree. 



Flowers April. 



14. Coccinea. Wangenlieim. 



Q. foliis obloiisis, I Leaves oblong, deep- 



profunde sinuatis, gla- 

 bris, lobis divaiicatis. 

 dentatis, acutis, seta- 

 ceo-mucronatis; calyci- 

 bus fructus basi atten- 

 natis. 



sinuate, glabrous, 

 lobes divaricate, tooth- 

 ed, acute, mucronate 

 calyx of the fruit taper- 

 ing at base. 



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Sp. pL 4. p. 445. Mich. 2. p. 199. Pursh, 2. p. 630- Nutt. 2. p. 214. 



Q 



Mich, arb* for. p. 11 6. 



Leaves deeply 



A large tree 70 — 80 feet high, and 3 — 4 feet in diameter, 

 sinuate, very glabrous, the sinuses obtuse, the lobes very acute, acutely 

 notclied and toothed, and mucronate. Petioles 2 — 4 inches long. Frmt 

 very abundant. Nut ovate, oblong, mucronate. Cup turbinate, sessile, en- 

 closini^f about half of the nut. 



This species, which constitutes a large proportion of the oak forests of the 

 upper country, is distinguished by the brilliant colour of its leaves towards 

 the close of Autumn. Its wood is principally converted into staves or rails' 

 or fuel. It is one of the many species to which the name of Red Oak is n> 

 discriminately applied. Its leaves are perhaps more dissected than those 

 of any other species except the Q. Palustris. 



Grows in the rich oak lands of the upper country. Not common m the 

 lower. 



Flowers in April. 



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15. Rubra. 



Q. 



foliis 



oblon 



gis, 



obtuse sinuatis, glabris, tusely sinuate^glabrous 



lobis acutiusculis, den- 

 tatis, setaceo-mucrona 



Leaves oblong, ob- 



? 



lobes 



nearly 



acute 



J 



tis; 



calycibus fructus 



subtus planis. 



toothed^ mucronate; ca- 

 lyx of the fruit flat at 

 base. - 



