LXX. CORYLA'CE^E : QUE RCUS. 



867 



1577. Q. P. 



growing in a fertile soil, is 

 owing equally to the sym- 

 metry of its form and the 

 luxuriance of its foliage. The 

 bark on old trees is hard, 

 thick, and deeply furrowed ; 

 and the outer bark is equally 

 good for tanning as the inner 

 bark. The leaves are 5 or 

 6 inches long, and 3 or 4 

 inches broad ; oval ; and uni- 

 formly dentate, with the teeth 

 more regular, but less acute, 

 than those of Q. P.palustris ; 

 the leaf terminating in a 

 point. When beginning to 

 unfold in spring, the leaves 



are covered with a thick white down, and they appear somewhat 

 wrinkled ; but, when fully expanded, they are 'perfectly glabrous, 

 smooth, and of a delicate texture. The petiole, which is rather 

 short, is yellow, and the colour becomes brighter and more con- 

 spicuous in autumn. The acorns are long, of an oblong- oval shape : 

 they are produced in pairs, on a short peduncle, and are enveloped 

 for about one third of their length in pear-shaped cups, covered with 

 loose scales. 



Q. P. 3 acumindta Michx. Quer. No. 

 5. t. 8. (our fig. 1578.) Q. P. 

 acuminata Michx. fil. N. Amer. Syl. 

 i. p. 51. t. 10.; Q. Castanea Willd. 

 Sp. PI. iv. p. 441. ; the yellow Oak. 

 Leaves on long footstalks ; obtuse 

 at the base, sharply serrated. Fruit 

 of moderate size ; cup hemispheri- 

 cal. (Michx.) A fastigiate deciduous 

 tree. Delaware to the Savannah. 

 Height 70 ft. to 80 ft. Introduced 

 in 1822. The bark is whitish, very 

 slightly furrowed, and sometimes 

 divided into plates. The leaves are 

 lanceolate, obtuse at the base, and 

 ending in a sharp point, regularly 

 toothed, of a light green above, and 

 whitish beneath. The acorns are small, roundish-ovate, and con- 

 tained in shallow slightly scaly cups. 



Q. P. 4 pumila Michx. Quer. No. 5. t. 9. f. 1. 

 Q. P. Chinquapin Michx. N. Amer. Syl. i. p. 

 55. 1. 11. (our fig. 1579.); Q. Chinquapin 

 Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. ii. p. 634-. ; Q. pv\- 

 noides Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 440. ; the Chin- 

 quapin, or Dwarf Chestnut, Oak. Leaves 

 on shortish petioles ; somewhat lanceolate ; 

 glaucous beneath. (Michx.) A low deciduous 

 tree. Northern and middle states. Height 

 20ft. to 30ft. Introd. 1828. The leaves 

 are oval-acuminate, regularly, but not deeply, 

 dentated, of a light green above, and whitish 

 beneath. The acorns (fig. 1566. c) are en- 

 closed, for about one third of their length, in 

 scaly sessile cups they are of the middle size, 1579. . P. 

 3K 2 



P. acuminhta. 



