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most abundant and of its largest size on the lower western slopes of the Alleghany Moun- 

 tains and on the bottom-lands of the lower Ohio Basin. Passing into 



Quercus alba var. latiloba Sarg. 



Leaves obovate-oblong, acute or rounded at apex, gradually narrowed and cuneate at 

 base, divided usually less than half way to the midrib into broad rounded lobes; rarely 

 obovate, with undulate margins, or slightly lobed, with broad rounded lobes (var. re- 

 panda Michx.). Flowers as in the type. Fruit rarely more than 1^' in length, with 

 usually thinner cup scales. 



Fig. 277 



Distribution. More abundant than the species and the common northern White Oak. 



X Quercus Beadlei Trel., believed to be a hybrid of Quercus alba and Q. Prinus, has been 

 found in a swamp near Clarkton, Bladen County, North Carolina. 



X Quercus Bebbiana Schn., probably a hybrid of Quercus alba and Q. macrocarpa, occurs 

 at Charlotte, Chittenden County, Vermont, and near Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio. 



X Quercus Deamii Trel., with characters intermediate between those of Quercus alba 

 and Q. Muehlenbergii and evidently a hybrid of these species, is growing near Bluffton, 

 Wells County, Indiana. 



X Quercus Faxonii Trel., with characters intermediate between those of Quercus alba 

 and Q. prinoides and evidently a hybrid of these species, has been found in East Walpole, 

 Norfolk County, and Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and at Greenville, 

 Montcalm County, Michigan. 



X Quercus Fernowii Trel., evidently a hybrid of Quercus alba and Q. stellata, has been 

 found near Allenton, St. Louis County, Missouri, and on Red Clay Creek, Virginia. 



X Quercus Jackiana Schn., evidently a hybrid of Quercus alba and Q. bicolor, is growing 

 in Franklin Park, Boston. 



X Quercus Saulei Schn., with characters intermediate between those of Q. alba and 

 Q. montana and evidently a hybrid of these species, occurs with widely distributed indi- 

 viduals in Vermont (Monkton, Addison County), eastern Massachusetts, near Providence, 

 Rhode Island, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia, on the 

 Appalachian Mountains near Biltmore, Buncombe County, and Highlands, Macon 

 County, North Carolina, at Valleyhead, Gadsden County, Alabama, and in Richland 

 County, Illinois. 



