MONOECIA POLYANDRIA 



611 



26. Chinquapin. Mich. 



Q. 



foliis 



obovatis, 



/ 



i 



obtusis, glabris, giosse 

 dentatis, dentibus siib- 

 aequalibus, dilatatis, 

 a pice 



fructus 



callosis; calyce 



Leaves obovate, ob- 

 tiiscj glabrous, coarse- 

 ly toothed, teeth nearly 

 equal, dilated, callous 

 at the point; calyx of 



hemisphaerico; the fruit hemispherical; 

 mice parva ovata. | nut small, ovate. 



L 



Q. Prinus Pumllaj IMich. 2. p. 196. 



Q. PrinoideSj Sp. pi. 4. p. 440. , 



Icon. IMiclj. Querc. t. 9. tig. 1. Mich. arb. for. p. 64- 



A small shrub 3 — 4 feet high, Stem slenderj smootli- Leaves on short 



petiol 



es, 



oblong-lanceolate, coarsely toothed, glaucous underneath, sllghily 



pubescent when young, glabrous when mature. Fruit very abundant. Nut 

 very small, ovate. Cup sessile. 



This small Oak grows in sterile rocky soils, and is most common near the 

 base of the Mountains. According to Michaux, it rarely occurs solitary, but 

 generally covers patches of from 50 fb 100 acres, frequently intermingled 

 with the Q. nicifolia, and bears its acorns so abundantly, as frequently to 

 bend to the earth under their weight. In my specimens the fruit is very 

 smnll, and more covered with the cup. than in the figure given by Michaux, 

 arb. for, 1. c. 



Flowers. 



CORYLUS. Gen. Pl. 1450. 



Mascidi, Amentum 



Calyx 

 Corolla 0. 



imbricatnm. 



squama. 

 Stamina^S* 



Foeminei, Calyx 

 parlitus, lacerus. 





rollaQ. Styli 



9 



Co- 



Nux 



ovata, calyce persist- 

 ente cincta. 



Ca 



Sterile Jlorets, 

 meiit imbricate. 

 lyx a scale. Corolla 0. 

 Stamens 8. 



Fertile Jlorets, Ca- 

 lyx 2-parted, torn. 

 Corolla 0. Styles 2. 

 Nut ovate, surrounded 

 by the persistent calyx. 



1. Americaiva. Walt. 



C. foliis subrotundis, ! Leaves nearly round 



i 



cordatis 



9 



acuminatis: 



? 



cordate, acummate; ca 



■^if 



