CHAP. CV. CORYLA‘CEA. QUE’RCUS. 1869 
of Prince, of New York, for 1829, Fox’s white oak (a variety of which we 
know nothing) is mentioned as being 37} cents a plant. 
¥ 9. Q. otivero’Rmis Michr. The Olive-shape-fruited American Oak. 
Identification. Michx. Arb., 2. p.32.; N. Amer. Syl. 1. p. 32.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 632. 
N. Du Ham., 7. p. 181.; Smith in Rees’s Cycl., No. 81. 
Synonyme. The mossy-cup Oak, Amer. 
Engravings. Michx. Arb., 2. t. 2.; N. Amer. Syl., L t. 3. ; and our fig. 1730. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong, smooth; glaucous beneath ; deeply and un- 
equally pinnatifid. Fruit elliptic ovate, on short footstalks. Calyx cup- 
shaped, fringed, and nearly covering the acorn. (Michex., adapted.) This 
tree grows, in America, to the height of from 
60 ft. to '70 ft.; and, according to Michaux, 
it has a spreading head, and an imposing 
aspect. “ The bark is white and laminated ; 
but the tree is chiefly remarkable for the form 
and disposition of its secondary branches, 
which are slender and flexible, and always 
inclined towards the earth. This peculiarity 
alone,” continues Michaux, “ would render 
it a valuable acquisition for parks and gar- 
dens.” (N. Amer, Syl. i. p. 33.) The leaves 
are of a light green above, and whitish be- 
neath : they resemble those of the white oak 
in colour, but differ from them in form ; being 
larger, and very deeply and irregularly lacini- 
ated, with rounded lobes, so different in 
shape, that it is impossible to find two leaves 
that are alike. The acorns are of an elon- 
gated form, and are about three parts en- 
closed in deep oval cups, the scales of which 
are prominent and recurved, except near the 
edge, where they terminate in slender flexible filaments. From this pe- 
culiarity, Michaux called the species the mossy-cupped oak. This oak 
is very rare in America, being only found, according to Michaux, on the 
banks of the Hudson above Albany, and in Genessee: but Pursh found 
it on iron ore hills in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Pursh adds that, in 
general appearance, it resembles Q. macrocarpa. Michaux thinks that 
the wood, though “ not better than that of Q. alba, is far superior to that of 
Q. ribra;”’ but it does not appear that it has been yet applied to any econo- 
mical uses. It was introduced into England in 1811, but is seldom found 
in plantations, or even in the nurseries. There are seedling plants of it in 
the Horticultural Society’s Garden; and in some private collections. 
#10. Q. macroca’rpa Willd. The large-fruited American Oak. 
Identification. Willd. Sp. P1., 4. R 433.; Pursh, 2. p. 632.; Michx. Quer., No, 2.; N. Du Ham., 7. 
p. 182.; Smith in Rees’s Cycl., No. 80. 
Synonymes. The over-Cup white Oak, Bur Oak, Amer. ; Chéne a gros Glands, Chéne frisé, Fr. ; 
gross-fruchtige Eiche, Ger. 
Engravings. Michx. Quer., No. 2. t. 2,3.; N. Amer. Syl., 1. t. 4.; our fig. 1731.; and the plate 
of this tree in our last Volume. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves downy beneath, lyrate, deeply and sinuately lobed; the 
lobes obtuse and spreading, and the upper one much dilated. The calyx deep, 
cup-shaped, scaly, and fringed with bristles. Acorns thick and ovate. ( Willd.) 
This, according to Michaux, is “a beautiful tree, more than 60 ft. high, laden 
with dark tufted foliage. The leaves are larger than those of any other oak 
in the United States, being frequently 15 in. long, and 8 in. broad: they are 
notched near the summit, and deeply laciniated below. The acorns, which 
are also larger than those of any other American species, are oval, and en- 
closed for two thirds of their length in a thick rugged cup, which is generally 
bordered along its upper edge with fine, long, flexible filaments. The bark 
