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MONOECIA POLYANDRIA. 



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tiis hemisplia3ricis; nu- j calyx of the fruit he- 

 ce ovata. I mispherical; nut ovate^ 



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Sp. pi. 4. p. 440. Pursh, 2. p. 634. Nutt. "2. p. 2l6. 



Q. Prinus INIonticola, Mich. 2. p. 196. 



Icon. Mich. Querc. t. 7- Mich. arb. for. p. 55. 



A tree belonging to the laige division of the Chesnut Oaks, but not as 

 large as cither of the preceding species. It grows frcyn 30—50 feet high, 

 and from 1 to 3 feet in diameter, rarely, however, attaining the largest ol 

 these dimensions. To the Q. Michauxii it has ranch afRnity, but its leaves 

 are more uniformly toothed, less obtuse at base, and its acorns scarcely half 

 as hrnie as those of that species. Its timber and bark are said by Michaux 

 to be7nore valuable than those of the other Chesnut Oaks, and for fuel it is 

 in the Northern States much prized. 



Grows in rocky situations and soils, common along the base of the Alle- 

 ghany Mountains. 



Flowers. 



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foliis 



oblongo- 



Leaves oblong-Ian- 



ianceolatis, acuminatis, J ceolate, acuminate, to- 

 subtus tomentosis, gros- 



dentatis, dentibus 



se 



subaequalibus, dilatatis, 



apice callosis; 



calyce 



fructns hemisphaerico; 



mentose 



underneath, 

 coarsely toothed, teeth 



nuce ovata. 



nearly equal, dilated 

 callous at tlie point; 

 calyx of the fruit he- 

 mispherical,- nut ovate. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 441. Pursh, 2. p. 634. Nutt. 2. p. 2l6. 

 Q. Prinus Acuminata, Mich. 2. p. 1 96. 



Icon. Mich. Querc. t. 7* Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 61. 



4 in diameter. Leaves 



A large tree growing 60 — 70 feet in height and 2 



on lonsr petioles, narrower than usnal among the Chesnut Oaks, acuminate 

 with coarse obtuse and nearly equal teeth, glabrous on the upper surface, to- 



mentose and white underneath. Fruit oval, of a middling size 

 mispherical, inclosing one-third of the acorn, sessile. 



This tree is disseminated rather sparingly in rich damp soils, 

 never seen it in the low country. Michaux found it along the Savanna j 



River as low down as the Sister-^ m. ^.ny, .«uuui ^^ jim..^ ^ i " n 



Savannah. It is probably confounded both in name and use with the U. 

 Prinus and Q. Michauxii. 



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