36 DOUGLAS' JOURNAL 



X X Leaves broadly and coarsely toothed (not lobed). 



6. QUERCUS BICOLOB. Swamp White Oak. 



Q. bicolor. Foliis oblongis obovatis grosse inaequaliter sinuato-dentatis 

 basi integerrimis, subtus atbo-tomentosis, fructu longe pedunculate, cupula 

 hemisphaerica squamosa, glande ovata. 



Q. bicolor, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4, p. 440 ; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. v. 2, p. 633. 



Q. Prinus discolor, Michx. f. N. Am. Sylv. v. 1, p. 47, t. 7. 



Q. bicolor, Willd. Sp. PL 4, p. 440 ; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2, p. 633 ; Nutt. Gen. 2, 

 p. 215 ; Sin. in Bees' Encyc. 5, part 1st, n. 50. Q. Prinus tomentosa, Michx. Hist. 

 Chgnes Am. n. 5, t. 9, f. 2 ; Q, Prinus discolor, Michx. f . Hist. Arb. Am. 2, p. 46, t. 6. 



This oak probably combines beauty and utility to as great a degree 

 as any in America. The stems are unusually tall and straight, having a 

 few branches at the bottom ; the leaves of a dark green on the upper side 

 and clothed with a thick white pubescence underneath ; smaller in every 

 respect than Q. Prinus. The acorns, like those of the latter species, are 

 sweet and eagerly sought after by pigs, squirrels, and pigeons. The wood, 

 like most other species, is used for domestic purposes. It grows on the 

 high ground of the Niagara, at the Falls, and on the banks of the Hudson, 

 near Khinebeck, in the State of New York. 



Found by Pursh, from Pennsylvania to Carolina, growing to a large 

 size in low wet woods. 



Michaux observes that the wood is of a fine and pretty close grain, with 

 the pores almost wholly obliterated ; and that it is known to possess the 

 qualities of strength and great elasticity, and especially that of easily 

 splitting in a straight direction. 



7. QUERCUS PRINUS. Swamp Chestnut Oak. 



Q. Prinus. Foliis obovatis acutis subtus laeviter pubescentibus subaequaliter 

 grosse sinuato-dentatis, cupula hemisphaerica squamosa basi subattenuata, 

 glandula ovata. 



Q. Prinus, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1413 ; Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4, p. 439 ; Pursh, Fl. 

 Am. Sept. v. 2, p. 633. 



Q. Prinus palustris, Michx. f. N. Am. Sylv. v. 1, p. 52, t. 8. 



Q. Prinus, Willd. Sp. PI. 4, p. 439 ; Sm. in Rees' Encyc. 29, part 1st, n. 47 ; 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 5, p. 290 ; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2, p. 633 ; Nutt. Gen. 2, p. 215. 



Q. Prinus palustris, Michx. Hist. Chenes Am. 5, t. 6; Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2, 

 p. 196 ; Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 2, p. 51, t. 7. 



Q. Castaneae foliis procera arbor virginiana, Pluk. Almag. 309; Pluk. Phvtog. 

 t. 54, f. 3 ; Catesb. Carol. 1, t. 18. 



A large tree of quick growth and very ornamental, of which the acorns 

 vegetate immediately upon their falling from the tree. It is by far the 

 largest of this section, and during the autumn presents many beautiful 

 tints. I could not learn if the wood was considered good, but Michaux 

 speaks of it as only a secondary quality, though much used for cartwrights' 

 work and such purposes as require strength and durability, its numerous 

 pores rendering it almost useless for making casks to hold spirits. The 

 negroes weave baskets and brooms of it, because it splits well and in a 

 straight direction, and can be divided into very thin slips. Hewn into 



