CHAP. CV. 



COUYLA CEiE. QUE'RCUS. 



J89i 



Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 625. ; N. Du Ham., 7. p. 150. ; Smith and Abb. Ins., 2. p. 181. ; Michx. Quer., 



No. 7. ; Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 1, 

 Synonymes. Q. virginiana, &c., Pluk. Aim., p. 180. ; Q. FXeK marylSndica Eaii Hist. PI. 

 Engravings. Catcsb. Carol., 1. t. 16. ; Abb. Ins., 2. t. 91.; Michx. Quer., t. 12. ; PUik. Aim., t. 441. 



f. 7. ; onxfig. 1774. ; and the plates of this tree in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves membranaceous, linear, lanceolate ; tapering at each 

 end, entire, smooth, with a small point. Nut roundish. {Smitli and Willd.) 

 A tree, 60ft. or 70ft. high, in some soils and situations; and in others a 

 shrub of diminutive growth. 



Varieties. 



"£ Q. P. 1 sylvaticus Michx. Hist, des Chenes, No. vii. t. 12.; Wang. 

 Amer., t. 5. f. 11.; and our^^. 1774.; has the 

 leaves long and narrow on old trees, and tri- |^^ \'^l\ 



lobed on seedlings, as mfig. 1771. ; and persis- 

 tent, or deciduous, according to soil and situ- 

 ation. A tree, growing to the height of about 

 60 ft. Introduced in 1723. There is a tree in 

 the Hackney arboretum 22 ft. high. 



* Q. P. 2 latifoUus Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; and the 

 plate of this tree in our last Volume. — A tree, 

 with the leaves rather broader than those of 

 the preceding form. There is a plant at Messrs. Loddiges's 15 ft. 

 high. 



a Q. P. 3 hkmilis Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., ii. p. G25., Catcsb., i. t. 22., Wangh. Amer., t. 5. 

 f. 12., has shorter leaves, which are deciduous. A shrub of low straggling growth. 



J* Q. P. 4 sericcus y Q, Phellos Smith and Abh. Ins., ii. t. 51. ; Q. P. pilrailus Michx. Hist, des 

 Chenes, t. 13. f. 1. and 2. ; (i. humilior salicis foliis brevior ; the Highland Willow Oak j 

 Q. sericea W7«rf. Sp. PI., iv. p. 424., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., ii. p. 626. ; N. Du Ham., vii. 

 p. 150., Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 3. ; Q. pdmila Michx. N. Amer. Syt., i. t. 17. ; and 

 our,%. 1772. The running Oak. — This curious little oak is. the smallest of the genus, 

 being only 20 in., or at most 2 ft., in height. The leaves are entire, smooth, or of an 

 elongated oval shape, and about 2 in. long : they are of a reddish tint in spring, turning 

 green as the season advances, and are deciduous. The acorns are small, and round ; 

 and they are few in number, because the stem of the plant is burnt down to the ground 

 almost every spring, by the tires kindled in the forests to consume the dead grass ; and, 

 as this oak belongs to those whose fructification is biennial, the acorns are destroyed 

 before they reach maturity. This plant is confined to the maritime parts of the Caro- 

 linas, Georgia, and the Floridas ; and it springs in the pine barrens, amid the numerous 

 varieties of whortleberry and other plants which overspread the ground, wherever there 

 is a little moisture in the soil, and the layer of vegetable mould is a few inches thick. 



3^ a^ Q. P. 5 cinireus ; Q. P. y Lin. Sp. PI.. 1412. ; Q. P. ^ cindreus Ait. Hort. Ketv., ed. 1., 

 iii. p. 354.; Q. hilmilis Walt. Carol., 2,34. ; Q. cinferea Willd. Sp. PI., iv. p. 425., Ait. Hort. 

 Kew., ed. 2.,v. p. 288. , Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., ii. p. 626., N. Du Ham., vii, p. 151., Smith 



in Rees's Cycl., No. 6., Michx. N. Amer. Syl., i. 1. 16. ; and ourfig. 1773. The Upland 



Willow Oak This kind varies so much, both in height and general appearance, that 



individual plants have frequently been taken for distinct species. It is only found in the 

 maritime parts of the southern states, where it is little multiplied in comparison with 

 many other species ; and is dispersed in small groups in the forests of white pine 



