154 FOREST TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



284. Quercus hypoleuca, Eugelmaun, 



Trans. St. Louie Acad. iii, 384 ; Wheeler's Rep. vi, 251. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 26. Rusby in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, ix, 78. 

 Q. COnfertifolia, Torrey, Bot. Mex. Boundary Survey, 207 [uot HBK.]. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858,261. 



Limpia mountains, Texas (Havard), valleys of the high mountain ranges of southwestern New Mexico, Santa 

 Eita mountains, Arizona, above 6,000 feet elevation; southward into Sonora. 



A small evergreen tree of great beauty, 9 to 15 meters in height, with a trunk sometimes 0.75 meter in diameter; 

 dry, gravelly slopes and summits, the large specimens hollow and defective. 



Wood heavy, very strong and hard, close-grained, compact; layers of annual growth marked by few small 

 open ducts; me'dullary rays broad, conspicuous; color, dark brown, the sap-wood much lighter; specific gravity, 

 0.8009; ash, 1.34. \ 



285. Quercus imbricaria, Michaux, 



Hist. Chines Am. No. 9, t. 15, 16 ; Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 197. Willdenow, Spec, iv, 428 ; Enum. Suppl. 64 ; Berl. Baumz. 338. Persoon, 

 Syn. ii, 567. Poiret, Suppl. ii, 214. Michaux f. Hist. Art>. Am. ii, 78, 1. 13 ; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. i, 60, t. 15. Aiton, Hort. Kew. 

 2 ed. v, 288. Smith in Rees' Cycl. xxx, No. 15. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. ii. 627. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 214. Barton, Compend. Fl. 

 Philadelph. ii, 167. Nouveau Duhauiel, vii, 153. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 155. Elliott', Sk. ii, 598. Sprengel, Syst. iii, 857. Torrey, 

 Compend. Fl. N. States, 357. Beck, Bot. 328. Eaton, Manual," 6 ed. 292. Loudon, Arboretum, iii, 1898, f. 1777. Eaton & 

 AVright, Bot. 383. Darby, Bot. S. States, 510. Torrey & Gray in Pacific R. R. Rep. ii, 130. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 

 255. Brendel in Trans. Illinois Ag. Soc. iii, 623, t. 6. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 420. Curtis in Rep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 

 1860, iii, 36. Lesquereux in Owen's 2d Rep. Arkansas, 388. Wood, Cl. Book, 643; Bot. & Fl. 305. A. De Candolle, Prodr. xvi", 

 63. Orsted in Saerskitt. Aftryk. af. Nat. For. Viden. Meddelt. Nos. 1-6, 1860, 73. Gray, Manual N. States, 5 ed. 452. Young, Bot. 

 Texas, 502. Liebmann, Chenes Am. Trop. t. D, t. xxii, f. 5. Koch, Dendrologie, ii, 60. Vaeey, Cat. Forest Trees, 26. 

 Broadhead in Coulter's Bot. Gazette, iii, 60. Ridgway in Proc. U.S.Nat. Mus. 1882, 80. 



Q. Phellos, var. imbricaria, Spach, Hist. Veg. xi, 160. 



SHINGLE OAK. LAUREL OAK. 



Allentowu, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania (Porter), west through southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin, and 

 southeastern Iowa to southeastern Nebraska and northeastern Kansas, south to northern Georgia and Alabama, 

 middle Tennessee, and northern Arkansas. 



A tree 24 to 30 meters iu height, with a trunk 0.60 to 0.90 meter in diameter ; rich woodlands. 



Wood heavy, hard, rather coarse-grained, checking badly in drying ; layers of annual growth marked by many 

 rows of large open ducts ; medullary rays broad, conspicuous ; color, light brown tinged with red, the sap-wood 

 much lighter ; specific gravity, 0.7529 ; ash, 0.43 ; occasionally used for clapboards, shingles, etc. 



286. Quercus Phellos, Linnaeus, 



Spec. 1 ed. 994. Lamarck, Diet, i, 722. Wangenheim, Amer. 76, t. 5, f. 11. Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 234. Aiton, Hort. Kew. iii, 354; 

 2 ed. v, 287. Abbot, Insects Georgia, ii, t. 52, 91. Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 197. Willdenow, Spec, iv, 423 ; Enum. 974; Berl. 

 Baumz. 337. Smith in Rees' Cycl. xxx, No. 7. Persoon, Syn. ii,567. Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. ii, 507. Michaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. 

 ii,75, t. 13; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. i, 58, t. 14. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. ii, 625. Barton, Prodr. Fl. Philadelph. 91 ; Compend. Fl. 

 Philadelph. ii, 167. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 214 ; Sylva, i, 15 ; 2 ed. i, 17. Nouveau Duhamel, vii, 150. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 155. Elliott, 

 Sk. ii, 593. Sprengel, Syst. iii, 857. Torrey, Compend. Fl. N. States, 357; Fl. N. York, ii, 187. Beck, Bot. 328. Eaton, Manual, 6 

 ed. 383. Loudon, Arboretum, iii, 1894, f. 1774 & t. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 383. Spach, Hist. Veg. xi, 160. Penn. Cycl. xix, 216. 

 Darby, Bot. S. States, 509. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 255. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 420. Curtis in Rep. Geological 

 Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii, 36. Lesquereux in Owen's 2d Rep. Arkansas, 388. Wood, Cl. Book, 643; Bot. & Fl. 305. A. De 

 Candolle, Prodr. xvi 2 , 63. Orated in Saerskitt. Aftryk. af. Nat. For. Viden. Meddelt. Nos. 1-6, 1866, 73. Gray, Manual N. States, 5 

 ed. 452; Hall's PI. Texas, 21. Young, Bot. Texas, 502. Koch, Dendrologie, ii 2 , 59. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 26. Gartenflora, 

 . xxix, 221 & f. Ridgway in Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus. 83. 



Q. Phellos angwstifolia, Marshall, Arbustum, 124. 



Q. Phellos latifolia, Marshall, Arbustum, 124. Loddiges, Cat. ed. 1836. Loudon, Arboretum, iii, 1895 & t. 



Q. Phellos, var. viridis, Alton, Hort. Kew. iii, 354. 



Q. Phellos, var. humilis, Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. ii, 625. 



WILLOW OAK. PEACH OAK. 



Totteuville, Stateu island, New York, south near the coast to northeastern Florida, through the Gulf states to 

 the valley of the Sabine river, Texas, and through Arkansas to southeastern Missouri. Tennessee, and southern 

 Kentucky. 



