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Plate V. 



QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA, Nee. 



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Description. A ponderous tree, commonly low, the spread of branches more than 

 equalling the height of the tree ; trunk three to seven feet in diameter, the dark-colored 

 bark smooth, except in very old trees, in which it is fissured ; branches and twigs numer- 

 ous, the tree presenting a rounded and close, compact head; growing twigs and young 

 leaves stellate-pubescent: leaves oval or oblong, rarely obovate, two or three inches long, 

 rounded at base, short-petioled, less firmly coriaceous than in the last, usually convex be- 

 neath, sinuately spinose-toothed : fructification annual: acorns sessile, or nearly so, soli- 

 tary or clustered ; cup turbinate, less than a half inch broad ; nut elongated, tapering, one 

 to one and a half inches long, conspicuously lineate. 



