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Baum") from the "Herbarium Dendrologicum C. K. Schneider" 

 confirm that Q. Richteri is synonymous with Q. coccinea. It 

 should be remarked that on the last cited sheet appears the 

 mss. note "Sieht aus wie {Q.) coccinea' in which, it seems, C. K. 

 Schneider very mildly states the essential fact. The two Ameri- 

 can collections represent wholly distinct trees. One (Kellog, 

 Herbarium Americanum, October 11, 1907, Osage, Mo.) ap- 

 pears to the writer inextricable from certain critical forms of the 

 group Q. rubra-Q. palustris L. The other specimen (E.J. Palmer, 

 Plants of Missouri, No. 26358) is a very interesting sample. 

 The leaf suggests Q. ellipsoidalis E. J. Hill, but the acorn and 

 cupule resemble the fruit of Q. runcinata Engelm., consequently 

 that of Q. maxima (Marsh.) Ashe. This Oak may well represent 

 a hybrid but, unfortunately, can not remain under Q. Richteri 

 because the binomial must follow the type. 

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