ACORNS AND LEAVES OF THE HYBRID OAK AND ITS PARENTS 



The small characteristic acorns and the entire unlobed leaf of the live oak is shown at the 

 upper left. The Overcup Oak acorns with their nearly enclosing cups and much thickened 

 scales, and the deeply lobed leaves, on the upper riglit. Below are the acorns and leaves 

 of the hybrid which appear intermediate between those of its parents. They are dentately 

 lobed, their texture is coriaceous and they are of a much deeper green than the father 

 species. These leaves commence falling in the winter but many remain green until spring. 

 (Fig. 8.) 



