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Davie County, and find it to be 21 feet in circumfer- 

 ence at five feet from the ground, with a spread of 

 120 feet. Dates of flowering: April 6, 1903; April 

 6, 1909; April 1, 1910; April 21, 1915; April 16, 

 1916. 



44. Quercus stellata Wang. Post Oak. 



A small, medium sized, or sometimes large tree 

 with a rounded crown; leaves coarse with five large 

 truncate or blunt main lobes, which are usually 

 broadest at the ends, the under side light green and 

 minutely scurfy tomentose, the upper roughish ; 

 acorns smaller than those of the White Oak. Abun- 

 dant in poor soil. The tough and durable wood is 

 used for ties, posts, rails, etc. In Chapel Hill the 

 Post Oak reaches a circumference of 13 ft. 6 inches 

 at 5 feet from the ground (tree southeast of New 

 East Building). Dates of flowering: April 1, 1903; 

 April 16, 1909 ; April 4, 1910 ; April 20, 1915 ; April 

 15, 1916. Examples: trees near the east gate of 

 campus. 



45. Quercus Margaretta Ashe. Scrubby Post Oak. 



This is a small tree or often only a shrub occurring 

 in dry, sandy soil in the coastal plain. The leaves are 

 also smaller than in the Post Oak, but the acorns and 

 acorn cups are often larger. Britton gives distin- 

 guishing characters as smaller cup than Post Oak 

 and leaves with rounded lobes, but these do not hold 

 in our specimens. The acorns and cups are larger 

 than in our Chapel Hill Post Oaks and the cups are 



