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grey bark. Leaves 4-6 inches long, subcoriaceous, smooth, nearly equally pinnatifid, 
usually with 3-4 lobes on each side nears 9 cuneate and 3- lobed) ; petioles half an 
inch to an inch lon, Acorn rather large, seated in a shallowish bowl- Shaped cup, W which 
“ pubesc escent and yt externally with, roundi sh tubercles—the fruit generally in pairs, 
ong. 
Woodlands, throughout the United States : often abundant in moist low clayey grounds. 
Obs. This is one of our fines t and most valuable forest trees, —and 
frequently attains to an enormous size. Its prevale ence, however, is not 
so indicative of a good soil, as that of the Q, tin sei ria, or Oak. 
The timber is firm and durable Sere pani trae ‘yhet in the 
form of board and scantlin g, to warp or spring. Iti vely 
in the mechanic arts pasa by the meet satieht de mill-wrigtt, 
ied the ship-wright. e keels of’ some of our finest national vessels 
a 7 { quality of 
T e food of 8 
trees the leaves are remarkably naeut, after sto ies * silted by ‘the 
autumn. 
** Cuestnut Oak Group. Leaves coarsely and obtusely seas ee 
but not mi lobed, whitish and more or less downy beneath : cup hoary ; 
4.Q. Pri’nus, L. Leav ae 
: fi bie Soren acute or 
Ny | finely pubescent ee § 
resem and nearly equally sinuate- 
dentate——the teeth i tek fruit 
ak on short common peduncles ; Bape © 
Wi) ARS nearly hemispherical ; coo oval. 
fhe. WAS Swamp Chestnut Oak. Chestnut 
Z White Oak. 
NS, Stem 60-80 or 90 feet ies, sas 2-3 or 4 
AN ft | feet rn cumeter. Leaves 5-8 inches long, 
‘en, SE penni ed with a coarse peti tooth for 
lar: 
bow cup W. 
Ps ~ nearly one third of the nut. 
’ Moist low woodlands: Pennsylvania to 
, Florida, 
203 * 
Obs. This species, which is often a fine tree, presents some marked 
Fic, 203, The Swamp Chesnut Oak (Quercus Prinus.) 
