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soils and situations ; and in others a shrub of dimi- 

 nutive growth. Introduced in 17:23. 



Varieties. 



5" Q. P. 1 si/haticus Michx. Hist, des Chenes, No. 

 vii. t. 12. (Our/g. 1602.) The leaves are 

 long and narrow on old trees, and trilobed 

 on seedlings, as in Jig. 1398. ; and persistent, 

 or deciduous, according to soil and situa- 

 tion. 



^ Q. P. 2 latifoUus Lodd. Cat. ed. 1S36. (The 

 plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. 

 viii. ; and our fg. 1599.) A tree, with the leaves 

 than those of the preceding form. 



Iviticus. 



broader 



1599. Q. P. latifilras. 



Q. P. 3 hiimUis Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. ii. p. 625., Catesb. i. t. 22. 



Leaves shorter and deciduous. A shrub of low straggling 



grovv'th. 

 ^ Q^.V. ^ sericeus. Q. Phellos Smith and Abb. Lis. ii. t. 51. ; Q. P. 



pumilus Michx. Hist, des Chenes, t. 13. f. 1. and 2.; Q. humilior 



salicis folio breviore Cat. Car. i. p. 22. ; the Highland Willow Oak ; 



Q. sericea Wil/d. Sp. PL iv. p. 424-., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. ii. p. 626. ; 



Q. pumila Michx. N. Amer. Syl. i. t. 17.; the running Oak. (Our 

 Jig. 1600.) This curious little oak is the smallest of the genus, 



being only 20 in., or at most 2 ft., in height. 

 ^ t Q.V. 5 cinereus. Q. P. y Lin. Sp. PL H12. ; Q. P. 13 cinereus AiL 



Hort. Kew. ed. 1. iii. p. 354.; Q. humilis Walt. CaroL 234. ; Q. ci- 



nerea Willd. Sp. PL iv. p. 425., ALclix. N. Amer. Syh 1. 1. 16. ; the 



Upland Willov/^ Oak. (Our Jig. 1601.) This kind varies so much. 



