608 



MONOECIA TRIANBRIA 



Sp pk 4. p. 44&, Walt. p. 235. Mich: 2. p. 1^5. Pursh, 2, p. 633. 



Nult. p. 215. 



Icon. Mich. Querc. t. 5. Mich. aib. for. p. 13. 



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growing frequently to the height of TO or 80 feet, yith a diameter of 3 --5, 

 Ld, according to Michaux, sometimes of 7 feet. Its trunk .s often straight 

 for 40 or 50 feet, and free from branches. Leaves on short petioles, deeply 

 pinnatifid, pubescent and glaucous underneath, lobes oblong, obtuse. Frmt 

 brge, frequently in pairs. Nut ovate. O.^. deep, inclosing nearly half of 



the acorn. ..... ^ i_ • .^.^ii^it^A 



This 



Q 



and 



ed from the Live Oak. In Civil Architecture, m Machmery, to the tar 



ridge-Maker, and to numerous other artizans, it offers many advantages, ana 



is employed wherever a wood, straight, compact, strong, elastic, d"r«ble^^; 



heavy, is required. 



Its staves are also preferred to those of any other tree; 



■ . .1 . .1 - . Perhaps 



and its bark, not much used, is said to be valuable to the tanner, 

 no tree in the United States possesses io many good qualities. 



It grows in a rich damp soil. In the low country of Carolina and Geor- 

 gia, it is found along the margins of swamps, and m flat rich high lands, m 

 the upper country it seeks a rich and rather damp soil. In all of these situa- 

 tions it attains a large size. But, the district which contains the finest loresis oi 

 the Q. Alba, the Q. Obtusiloba, and the Q. Prinus (Palustris) in *e Unitea 

 States, and probably in the world, is the country which encloses the Ala- 

 bama and its tributary streams. 



Flowers April. 



Folds dentatis. 



Leaves too 



22. Prinus. 



Lin. 



Q. 



foliis petiolatis 



i 



obovatis, acutis, siibtus 



pubescentibus, grosse 

 dentatis, dentibus sub- 



Leaves on petioles 



> 



obovate, acute 



scent 



piibe- 

 underneath, 



coarsely toothed, teeth 

 unequal, dilated, cal- 



aequalibus, dilatatis, 

 apice callosis; glande 

 majuscula, ovata. 



Sp. pL 4. p. 439. Walt. p. 234. Mich. 2. p. 195. Pursh, ?• P 



Nutt. 2. p. 215. 

 Icon. Mich. Querc. t. 6. Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 51. 



lous at the summit; nut 

 large, ovate. 



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