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Bulletin of the University of Texas 



toothed, the teeth ending in bristles ; thin, bright green, shiny 

 and smooth above, paler and smooth with reddish brown 

 hairs in the axils of veins below, petioles %' long. The acorns 

 are borne solitary or in pairs sessile or on very short stalks. 

 Nut ovoid 3 /4' long, reddish brown sometimes striped with 





Fig. 15. Quercus Schneckii. 



darker lines, somewhat hairy, enclosed for. about one-third 

 its length in the saucer-shaped cup which is rounded or nearly 

 flat. 



Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana sou'h to Florida and Texas. 



Uses similar to Quercus rubra. 



