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nal. The tree from which Pursh drew up 

 his description, was privately destroyed by 

 some of Mr. Hamilton's gardeners (as I have 

 been informed by Col. Carr), because it inter- 

 fered with a view of the Schuylkill from the 

 Woodlands. A seedling from this tree at 

 Bartram is seventy feet high and six feet in 

 circumference. The leaves of this are con- 

 siderably narrower than those of another tree 

 at Marshall's garden ; making it appear, with- 

 out examination, like a willow oak. Marshall's 

 specimen, on the other hand, has its leaves 

 much resembling those of a Q. imbricaria^ 

 Michaux, which is growing beside it with a 

 trunk seven feet three inches in circumfer- 

 ence, and probably ninety feet high. The 

 leaves of this latter are broader and shorter 

 than either the Bartram or the willow oak. 



10. Q. LYRATA, Walter. Leaves subsessile, 

 glabrous, lyrately sinuated, much contracted 

 in the middle, attenuated at the base, and 

 dilated at the summit. Cup globular, rough, 

 and almost covering the acorn. Lyrate oak. 

 Water white-oak. Native of the Southern 

 States. 



This, though perfectly hardy at Bartram, 



