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Calyx hemispherical. Acorn of a bright 

 orange color inside. Spanish red-oak. Na- 

 tive of the Middle and Southern States. 



A tree with very variably shaped leaves, 

 and yet with such a constant rusty, downy 

 peculiarity as renders it at all times easily 

 recognized. It grows to a large size, but 

 seldom forms a regular or picturesque head. 

 Its foliage is the chief point of interest that 

 renders it attractive. It delights in a rich 

 and rather dry loam. The Bartram speci- 

 men is a young tree of forty feet high by 

 three and a half in circumference. 



9. Q. HETEROPHYLLA, Pursh. Leaves on 

 rather long petioles, ovate-lanceolate, oblong, 

 entire, frequently with large irregular teeth. 

 Bartram oak. 



Partaking of the characters of Q. Phellos, 

 and Q. imbrwaria, and supposed by many to 

 be a hybrid between them. I cannot sub- 

 scribe to this opinion; firstly, because I can- 

 not learn that flowering plants of Q. imbri- 

 caria ever existed in Bartram, and secondly, 

 because seedlings of the phellos show no ten- 

 dency to vary, and seedlings of Q. Tieteropliylla 

 have more or less the characters of the origi- 





