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Q. P. monticola. 



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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 farrowed ; 

 and the outer bark is equally 

 good for tanning as the inner 

 bark. The leaves are 3 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 acimnndta Michx. Quer. No. 

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

 acuminata Michx. fd. N. Amer. Sz/l. 

 i. p. 51. t. 10. ; Q. Castanea ]VUId. 

 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. (^AlicLv.) A fastigiate deciduous 

 tree. Delaware to the Savannah. 

 Height 70 ft. to 80 ft. Introduced 

 in J 822. 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 cujjs. 

 P. 4 2mmi/a Michx. Quer. No. 5. t. 9. f. 1. 





1S7S. Q. P. acuminata. 



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

 55. 1. 11. (our ^g. 1579.) ; Q. Chinquapin 

 Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. ii. p. 634. ; Q.. pri- 

 noides Willd. Sp. Fl. 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 

 20 ft. to 30 ft. 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, 



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