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two or four long pointed, distant lobes on each side, 

 and a long narrow central lobe, smooth on both sides, 

 the stalks very short; acorns of medium size, tomen- 

 tose, more than half enclosed in the cup. 



60. Quercus marilandica Muench. Black Jack Oak. 



The common, knotty scrub oak with drooping 

 branches and large leaves that are broadest at the 

 outer end and brownish scurfy on the under surface ; 

 acorns medium sized, black, with a deep cup. It is 

 plentiful in dry or poor soil from the coast to moder- 

 ate elevations in the mountains. Dates of flowering : 

 April 10, 1903; April 16, 1909; April 5, 1910; 

 April 8, 1913; April 20, 1915; April 16, 1916. 

 Example: tree in front of Dr. Battle's, by walk to 

 campus. 



61. Quercus nigra L. Water Oak. 



A tree that grows plentifully along streams and in 

 low grounds in the coastal plain, and extends along 

 streams into the central part of the Piedmont. 

 Branches drooping; leaves small, smooth, without 

 teeth, broadest at the outer end; acorns small, in a 

 shallow cup, abundant. Dates of flowering: April 

 10, 1903; April 29, 1910; April 20, 1915. Ex- 

 amples: trees near the branch south of the Peabody 

 building. 



