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leaves. It is found on the high grounds of the Niagara and, Pursh says, 

 in the Alleghany mountains and on the banks of the Delaware. The 

 acorns are eatable. 



10. QUERCUS PRINOIDES. Small Chestnut Oak. 



Q. prinoides. Foliis obovato-lanceolatis acutis grosse sinuato-dentatis, 

 subtus glaucis sub-tomentosis, cupula hemisphaerica squamosa, glande ovata. 

 Q. prinoides, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4, p. 440. 

 Q. Chinquapin, Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. v. 2, p. 634. 

 Q. Prinus Chincapin, Michx. f. N. Am. Sylv. v. 1, p. 64, t. 11. 



Q. Chinquapin, Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2, p. 634 ; Sm. in Rees' Encyc. 29, part let, 

 n. 48; Nutt. Gen. 2, p. 215. Q. prinoides, Willd. Sp. PI. 4, p. 440. Q. Prinus 

 Chinquapin, Michx. Hist. Chenes Am. n. 5, t. 9, f. 1 ; Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 2, 

 p. 64, t. 10. 



A small bush or tree, seldom exceeding 8 or 10 feet in height. The 

 acorns are small but very numerous, and at a short distance resemble 

 common hazel-nuts. Although of humble growth, this species forms an 

 interesting link with those of larger dimensions. In the same situation 

 was found a variety with a deeper cup and longer seed ; the leaves were also 

 more elongated and deeply dentate, and placed upon longer footstalks. 



According to Pursh it is known as the Chinquapin or Dwarf Chestnut 

 Oak, does not exceed 3 or 4 feet in height, and is highly ornamental 

 when in full bloom. It grows on dry mountain lands, Pennsylvania to 

 Carolina. 



All the species of this section are so closely allied one to another that 

 they might, perhaps, be more naturally considered, as they are by Michaux, 

 as only varieties of the same species, differing in appearance and in the 

 quality of their timber, according to the soil and exposure which they 

 inhabit. 



B. Fructification Biennial (leaves mucronated). 

 X Leaves entire. 



11. QUERCUS PHELLOS. Willow Oak. 



Q. Phellos. Foliis lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis glabris apice sebaceo- 

 acuminatis (junioribus dentatis lobatisve), cupula brevi squamulosa, glande 

 subrotunda. 



Q. PMlos, Linn. Sp. PL p. 1412 ; Michx. f. N. Am. Sylv. v. 1, p. 78, 

 t. 14 ; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. v. 2, p. 625. 



Q. Phellos, Willd. Sp. PI. 4, p. 423, Willow-leaved Oak Catesb. Car. 1, t. 16. 

 Quercus an potens Ilex Marilandica folio longo angusto Salicis, Raii Hist. v. 3 ; 

 Dendr. p. 8 ; Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 2, p. 74, t. 12; Pluk. Amalth. t. 441, fig. 7; 

 Abbot Insect. 2, t. 91 ; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 5, p. 287 ; Smith in Rees' Encyc. 29, 

 part 1 ; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2, p. 625 ; Nutt. Gen. 2, p. 214. 



Q. Phellos humilis, Pursh, l.c. 2, p. 625. Q. Phellos humilior salicis folio 

 breviore, Catesb. Car. 1, t. 22. 



Q. Phdlos sylvatica, Michx. Hist. Chenes Am. n. 7, t. 12 ; Wangenh. Nordam. 

 Holz. t. 5, f. 11. 



PheUos, Miller's Diet. no. 12. 



Abundant near Philadelphia and Burlington, New Jersey : a tree of 

 very large dimensions. My specimens were gathered too late in the season 



