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and in too imperfect a state to enable me to make any remarks on the 

 species. Michaux considers this as among the least valuable of the oaks, 

 neither deserving of encouragement in the United States nor worthy of 

 being cultivated for its utility in our country. Found by Pursh in low 

 swampy forests, near the sea coast from New Jersey to Florida, growing 

 about 50 or 60 feet high. 



Q. Phellos (3 humilis foliis brevioribus, Catesb. Car. 1, t. 22 ; Wangenh. 

 Nordam. Holz. t. 5, f . 12 ; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2, p. 625. 



This variety has shorter leaves and is of low straggling growth. 



12. QUERCUS MARITIMA. Marine Oak. 



Q. maritima. Foliis perennantibus coriaceis lanceolatis integerrimis 

 glabris basi altenuatis, apice acutis mucronatis, cupula scutellata, glande 

 subrotunda. Pursh. 



Q. maritima, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4, p. 424 ; Pursh, FL Am. Sept. v. 2, 

 p. 625. 



Q. Phellos maritima, Michx. Hist. Chenes Am. t. 13, . 1. 



Q. maritima, Willd. Sp. PI. 4, 424. 



Michaux in his ' North American Sylva ' does not appear to 

 have noticed this oak, unless he has included it in his account of the 

 Willow Oak. Elliot observes that it comes very near to the Q. virens, 

 and Pursh that it is a low shrubby species from 3 to 8 feet high, and 

 found upon the sea coast of Virginia and Carolina. 



13. QUERCUS SERICEA. Running Oak. 



Q. sericea. Foliis deciduis lanceolato-oblongis integerrimis subundatis 

 basi attenuatis obtusis, apice dilatatis acutis subtus sericeis, cupula scutellata, 

 glande subglobosa. Pursh. 



Q. sericea, Willd. Sp. PL v. 4, p. 424 ; Pursh, FL Am. Sept. v. 2, p. 626. 



Q. pumila, Michx. f. N. Am. Sylv. v. 1, p. 88, t. 17. 



Q. sericea, Willd. Sp. PI. 4, p. 424 ; Abbot Insect. 2, t. 51 ; Pursh, Fl. Am. 

 Sept. 2, 626. Q. (pumila) foliis lanceolatis integerrimis glabris subtus glaucis, Walt. 

 Car. 234. Q. pumila, Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 2, p. 84, t. 15. 



This is found exclusively in the maritime parts of the two Carolinas, 

 Georgia, and the Floridas, and is the smallest of all the genus, seldom, 

 according to Michaux, more than 20 inches high and two lines in diameter. 

 Pursh says 2 feet high. 



14. QUERCUS MYRTIFOLIA. 



Q. myrtifolia. Foliis perennantibus coriaceis oblongis integerrimis glabris 

 utrinque acutis supra nitidis margine revolutis. Pursh. 

 Q. myrtifolia, Willd. Sp. PL v. 4, p. 424. 



Q. myrtifolia, Willd. Sp. PL 4, p. 424 ; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2, p. 626 ; Nutt. 

 Gen. 2, p. 214 ; Sm. in Rees' Encyc. 29, part 1. 



Leaves about an inch long, like those of a large myrtle. Fruit 

 unknown. 



15. QUERCUS VIRENS. Live Oak. 



Q. virens. Foliis perennantibus coriaceis oblongo-ellipticis integerrimis 



