518 FAGACEAE. 
6. Quercus digitata (Marsh. ) Sudw. 
' Spanish Oak. (Fig. 1233.) 
Quercus nigra digitata Marsh, Arb. Am. 121. 1785- 
O. falcata Michx. Hist. Chen. Am. 16. pl. 28. 1801. 
Quercus digitata Sudw. Gard, & For. 5:99. 1892. 
A tree, with maximum height of about 95°, 
and trunk diameter of 5°.. Leaves dark green 
and glabrous above, gray-tomentulose beneath, 
deeply pinnatifid into 3-7 linear or lanceolate 
lobes, often falcate, acuminate, entire or den- 
tate; teeth and apices bristle-tipped; terminal 
lobes commonly elongated; styles slender; fruit 
maturing during the second autumn; cup saucer- 
shaped with a turbinate base, 5’/-7’’ broad, its 
bracts ovate, obtuse, appressed; acorn subglo- 
bose or depressed, about twice as high as the cup. 
In dry soil, Long Island (?), New Jersey to Flor- 
ida, Missouri and Texas. Wood hard, strong, 
coarse-grained, light reddish-brown; weight per 
cubic foot 431bs. May-June. Acorns ripe Sept.—Oct- 
7. Quercus nana (Marsh.) Sarg. Bear or Scrub Oak. (Fig. 1234.) 
Quercus rubra nana Marsh. Arb. Am. 123. 1785. 
Quercus tlicifolia Wang. Amer. 79. pl. 6. f. 17. 1787. 
Quercus nana Sarg. Gard. & For. 8:93. 1895. 
A shrub or rarely a small tree, often forming 
dense thickets, maximum height about 25°, and 
trunk diameter 6’; bark gray, nearly smooth. 
Leaves mostly obovate, 2’-5’ long, short-petioled, 
dark green and glabrous above, grayish-white 
tomentulose beneath, 3-7-lobed; lobes triangular- 
ovate, acute, bristle-tipped; styles recurved; fruit 
maturing the second autumn; cup saucer-shaped, 
4//-6’’ broad, with a turbinate or rounded base; its 
bracts lanceolate, appressed; acorn globose-ovoid, 
more or less longer than the cup. 
In sandy or rocky soil, Maine to Ohio, Delaware, and 
the mountains of Virginiaand Kentucky. Wood hard, 
strong, light brown. May. Acorns ripe Oct.—Novy. 
A hybrid of this, presumably with QO. coccinea, was 
found by Dr. Robbins at Uxbridge, Mass. 
Quercus nigra BI, Sp. Pl. 995. _1753- 
Quercus Marylandica Muench. Hausv. 5: 253. 1770. 
A tree, sometimes 60° high, usually lower; maxi- 
mum trunk diameter 2°; bark nearly black, very 
rough in ridges. Leaves obovate in outline, stel- 
late-pubescent above and brown-tomentose beneath 
when young, 3-5-lobed toward the broad usually 
nearly truncate apex, cuneate below, the lobes 
short, entire or sparingly toothed, bristle-tipped; 
mature leaves dark green, glabrous above, paler 
and more or less floccose beneath, 3’—7’ long, 2’-5” 
wide; fruit maturing the second autumn; styles 
recurved; cup deep, 5//-8’’ broad, its bracts oblong- 
lanceolate, appressed, pubescent; acorn ovoid, 2-3 
times as high as the cup. 
In dry soil, Long Island, N. Y., to Ohio and Nebraska, 
south to Florida and Texas. Wood hard, strong, dark 
brown; weight per cubic foot 46 lbs. May-June. 
Acorns ripe Oct.-Nov. 
Quercus Rudkini Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 9: 14, a hybrid of this with Q. Phellos, occurs from 
Staten Island, N. Y., to North Carolina. 
Quercus Brittoni W.T. Davis, Scien. Am. 67:145, isahybrid with QO. i/icifolva. Staten Island, N.Y. 
