CORYLACE.E. 



603. Q. falcata Mich. bor. amer. ii. 199. chines t. 28. 

 Q. elongata Willd. nov. act. berol. Hi. 400. sp. pi. iv. 444. 

 Southern parts of the United States. 



A large tree. Leaves deciduous, 3-lobed or sinuated, on long stalks, 

 downy underneath ; the lobes divaricating, falcate, with setaceous 

 points, the terminal one longest and straight. Leaves employed in 

 North America, on account of their astringency, externally, in cases of 

 gangrene. 



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