

3tONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 



605 



Q. Triloba, Sp. pi, 

 Icon. Mich. Querc 



4. p. 443. Mich. 2. p. 199. 

 t. 26. 



Pursh, 2. p. 629. 



mretrivf H-? Pr«™^«*="°"% with the preceding, and resembles it 

 anv tri^ •' 'i-""^ appearance; yet, I do not recollect to have seen 



d."icrsn'r,"V-*^''"^^^^^ '^' '-''^^^^ ^"^ falcate leaves. If not a 



distinct species, it i^ certainly a very permanent variety. 



Wher? T h'''' *"■""' ''' 'f'^ ^y. '^' '"habitants Red Oak or Spanish Oak. 

 T^laL r^ -fn^ distmction made, Red Oak was applied tg the Q. 

 iriloba— Spanish Oak to the Q. Falcata. 



wows in dry soils, moderately fertile. 

 flowers April. 



Var. b. Pagod^folia. 



Q. foliis 



oblongis, 



inultilobatis, basi sub 



acutis 



Leaves oblong. 



ma 



ny lobed, nearly acute 



9 



natis, 

 subtus 



lobis simplici-jat base, lobes simple, 



. . - i divaricate, mucronate, 

 oppositis, generally opposite, pu- 



us, divaricatis, mucro 



sub 

 pubescentibus: | bescent 



nuce ovata. 



underneath; 



nut ovate. 



? 



furth 



er examination. Its leaves on petioles 2 



Q 



GtiPnti 1 I — ' "" ^ — ^ inches long, have fre- 



vm7 1/— 13 lobes generally opposite, simple, acute, and diminishing 



on i ^T y "P^^^''^'^ '^^o^i the first or second pair; the under surface is 

 «ni) pubescent, not tomentose. The acorn is small, ovate. The tree itself 



r ' 



alon!"!/'"^^ ^ ?'? """^'i^^ ""^ ^^^ ^^"^' «^ *h«^ Roanoke in North-Ci^rolina, 

 Shv s ''^tV''"]^ Petersburg to Raleigh. I have since seen it near 

 •«iDy, feouth-Carohna, growmg in both places in rich swamp land. 



18. Ilicifolia. 



Wangenheim. 



r 



Leaves on lone peti 



Q. foliis longe petio- 

 latis, obovato-cuneifor- j ole, obovate. v^edge 

 ^*ous, tri-quinquelobis, shaped, 3—5 lobed, en- 

 ^argine integerri. tire along the margin, 



"^is, subtus cinereo to- * 



cinereous and tomen- 



^entosis, lobis setaceo tose underneath 



^ucronatis 

 g'obosa. 



9 



? 



nuce sub- j lobes muci:onate; 



nearly spherical. 



the 

 nut 



-1, 



