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SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. cupuLiFERiE. 



brown^ lustrous and often striate^ and puberulous at the apex^ with a thin shell lined with a thick coat 

 of rusty tomentum^ a red seed-coat and deep orange-colored cotyledons ] the cup, which embraces from 

 a quarter to a third of the nut, is thin, saucer-shaped or turbinate, light brown and puberulous within, 

 and covered by closely imbricated broadly ovate light brown pubescent scales ciliate on the margins 

 and rounded at the broad apex. 



Quercus m}jrtffoUa grows on dry sandy ridges on the seashore and islands of the southern states, 

 where it is distributed from South Carolina to eastern Florida and from the shores of Bay Biscayne to 

 eastern Louisiana. It is most abundant on the islands ofl: the coast of Alabama and Mississij^pi, often 

 covering large areas with low nearly impenetrable thickets. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 



Plate CCCCVIIL Quercus myrtifolia. 



1. A flowering branch, natural size. 



2. A staminate flower, enlarged. 



3. A pistillate flower, enlarged. 



4. A fruiting branch showing biennial maturation, natural size 



5. A fruiting branch showing annual maturation, natural size. 



6. A fruiting branch showing annual maturation, natural size. 



7. A winter branclilet, the leaves removed, natural size. 



