606 



I 



MONOECIA TRIANDRIA 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 447- Nutt. 2. p. 215. 



Pursh, 



P 



631. 



Q. Banisteri, Mich. 2. p. 199. - - . - ^.f- 



Icon. Mich. Querc. t. 27- Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 96. 



A 11 cl.rnhhv Oak generally growing from 3—4 feet high, sometimes 



« 1 r Lere. cuneat^f" '^^^^ ^'^-^^l ^^e lobes rather ac.^e and mu- 



crTna"; ihlZeZ^te smooth, the under covered with a -hite tomen- 



r Pe^ioL Sout an inch long. Fruit so abundant as some .mes o c v e 



the branches. Nut ovate. Cujy large for the size of the acorn, shauov , 



''' otvv in dry, poor, gravelly soils-New-York to Georgia, Muhl. I have 

 never seen this species in our low country. 



Flowers. 



^* Fructificaiio an- 

 nua; folia mutica. 



^* 



Fructification 



annual; leaves unaicn- 



ed. 



Foliis lohatis 



Leaves lohed* 



\ 



19. Obtlsiloba. Michaux. 



Q. 



foliis 



oblongis, 



Leaves obloilg? si- 



sinuatis, basi cuneatis, niiale, cimeale at base 



subtus pubescentibus 

 lobis obtusis, superiori 





? 



bus dilatatis; calycibus dilated 



pubescent underneath 



lobes obtuse, the upper 



the 



calyx 



Dus UJiaiaus; caiyciuu^ unatcu, ^u.^J^^ - 



fructus hemisphcBricis, fruit hemispherical; mu 



nuce ovali. 



oval. 



Mich. 2. p. 194. Pursh, 2. p. 632. Nutt. 2. p. 215 

 Q. Stellata, Sp. pi. 4. p. 452. 

 Q. ViUosa? Wah. p. 235. 



Icon. Mich. Querc. t. 1. Mjch. arb. for. p. ^&. 



A tree geneijally from 30 — 40 feet high, and 1 

 times attaining a height of 50 — 60 



generally stragglings irregular, and the foliage not dense 



.2 in diameter, but some- 

 feel, and a diameter of 3-4; branjhe 



Leaves on snoy 



petioles generally 5-lobed, the upper lobes dilated and «"" '•g'^^.^^f, , stel- 

 lobed: all very obtuse, glabrous on the upper s»f face, coverca j^^|„g 



lular pubescence underneath. Nut oblong. Cup hennsphaiicai, 

 nearly half of the acorn. 



This tree is very common in cold, stiff, gravelly soils. 

 posed in strength and durability to surpass that of any o^^^^r sp 

 Oak, exceot the Live Oak; and, therefore, it is liighly pn^ed when 



Its timber is sup- 



ot the 



