?ft,- 



5;- 



604 



MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 



but the lubes are much more simple, the leaf Itself is more coriaceous and 



sessile^ and the fruit and tree altogether distinct- 

 It is not used at all as timber. Its wood inal^es excellent fuel, and its bark 



IS valuable to the tanner^ but is not easily procured. 



Grows in dry, poor, sandy soili; the largest that I have seen are to be 



found on the Sea-Islands» 

 Flowers April. 



17. F 



jviich 



Q. foliis longe peti- I Leaves on long pe- 

 olatis, basi obtu^is, sub- tioles, obtuse at base, 

 tus tomentosis, trijobis, tojnentose underneath, 

 «inuatis, lobis subfal- 3-lobed or sinuate, 



jcatis, setaceo-mucrona- 



lobes somewhat falcate, 



tis, terminali elongato: raucronate, the termi- 



glande globosa. 



nal one long; nut glo 



bular. 



Mich. 2. p. 199. Pursh, 2. p. 631. Nott. 2. p. 214. 



Q. Elongata, Sp. pi. 4. p. 444. ^ 



Q. Kubra, Walt. p. 234. 



Icon. Mich. Querc. t. 28. Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 104. 



This is one of our largest trees, growing 70 to 80 feet in height, and m 

 favourable situations 3 — 4, and sometimes 5 feet in diameter, having gene- 

 rally a straight trunk and large branches regulaily expanding. Leaves on 

 long petioles, deeply lobed, lobes in general not nnmerous (3 — 5) falcate, 

 simple, acute, raucronate, smooth and glossy on the upper stir face, covere 

 with a dense tomentum underneath. Nut small, abundant, ovate, tup 

 shallow, somewhat turbinate on a short peduncle. 



This, along the sea-coast of Carolipa and Georgia, is the most common 

 species of Oak, particularly in soils that are dry and only moderately f'^^^''^' 

 Its wood is principally used for staves, or more commonly consunjcd lor 

 fencinc: or as fuel. Its bark, liowever, is preferred to that of every other 

 species of Oak for tanning. 



m 



Var. a. Triloba. 



u 



Q. foliis cuneifoniii- I Leaves wedge shap 



at 



base, 



bus, basi obtusis, apice ed, obti|se 

 subaequaliter trilobis, I nearly equally 3-lobea 

 mucrooatis, s.upra gla- 1 at the summit, niucron- 

 bris, subtus tomcntosis. ate, glabrous on the 



upper surface, tomen 



tose underneath. 



