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Mo.NOEciA polyandria; 



609 



Alarge and magnificent tree, growing 70—80 feet in height, and 2 

 6 feet in diameter^ with a shaft frequently 40 — 50 feet without brancheSjand 



J or 



a fine regular head. 



Leaves largCj on petioles about an inch long, obovate 

 or frequently oblong-lanceolate, regularly, equally and obtusely toothed, gla- 



brous on the upper surface, slightly pubescent underneath, 

 abundant. 



Fruit very 



Nut large, ovate. Cvp nearly hemispherical, inclosing about 

 one-third of the acorn, on short peduncles. 



This tree grows in the same soil and situation as the Q. Alba. In tlio low 

 country it is more abundant, and generally attains a large size than the 

 White Oak. Its tirabei, though perhaps inferior, is generally employed in- 

 discriminately with that species whh which even in name it is often con- 

 founded. ^ ,--. -^ - 



Flowers in April. 



Swamp Chesnut Oak. 



23. MiciiAuxii. 



Q. foliis petiolatisj 

 obovatis, basi obtusis, 



inaequaliter dentatis, 



Leaves on petioles, 

 obovate, obtuse at 

 base, unequally tootli- 

 sinuatisque, subtus to- [ ed and sinuate, tomen- 

 mentosis; fructibus sub I tose underneatli: fruit 



binis; 

 ovata. 



nuce maxima, | generally in pairs; nut 



very large, ovate. 



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Nutt. 2. p. 215. 



A large tree found intermingled with the two preceduig species. The 

 leaves are more irregularly toothed, more obtuse at base, (sometimes slight- 

 ly cordate) and much more tomcntose and soft underneath, than those of the 

 Q- Prinus; and the acorn, judging from my own specimens, are larger than 

 Pilose of Q. Macrocarpa. 



The Q, Velutina of Mr. Kin seems to beloiig to this species. 



Grows in rich flat lands and along the margins of swamps. 



Flowers April. 



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24. Montana. Willd. 



Q. 



foliis 



obovatis 



Leaves obovate, a 

 cute, white and tomen 



acutis, subtus albo to 



^entosis, grosse denta- j tose underneath, 



bs, dentibus subaequal- coarsely toothed, teeth 



Jbus, 



dilatatis, aplce neajly equal, dilated, 



*'allosis,.caIycibus mic- I callous at the 



VOT.. TI. 



II 



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point; 



