312 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
not “miveronate, stellate ely oT eine 
beneath ; cupule turbinate, peduncu- 
are acorn oblong. 
Cucina Quercus. Live Oak. 
2 t high, and 1 or 2-5 or 
5 feet in diameter, with numerous large wide- 
read ling crooked ee the wood re- 
markal dense and heavy, with twisted 
ssl bres. tinces an inch and a half to 
3 inches long, perennial, but a portion of them 
Falling g from me old trees Bas fee spring, dark 
een abov whit ish eath 
nedunculate cup—the peduncle about an inch 
ong, paige. 
Sea coast : Virginia to Florida. 
Doe ey ars 09 eH OOda ff 1 
ne tree—so valuable in shi pees pretty much 
Sta Its 
sea-coast of the Southern most north- 
ern locality weet "to be - Old —s gee near Norfolk, Virgi- 
nia,—where it is reduced to quite a ree. our or five other 
species, belonging to this group, are biden’ tn in the United ee 
in the South ; but they are mostly small, and of little value 
** Wittow Oak Group. Leaves deciduous, entire, narrow. 
7. Q@ Phel’los, L. Leaves -piicbamgssone tapering at each end, 
glabrous ; cupule saucer-shaped ; acor roundish. 
Willow-leaved Oak. Willow mes 
Stem 40-60 or 70 feet high, and 1-2 fe , with a smoothish bark. 
Leaves 2-4 inches long, subsessile, entire o ng ones mga tn mot dentate. Acorn 
e you 
small, subglobose, seated in in a shallow ae aes subsessile cup. 
Moist low grounds. New Jersey, Kentucky and South. 
Obs There ai rently some a of this,—or, if f thay ae 
ifically dietin st; cenaie allied The 
considerable size,—but the timber is ‘tot particularly able and as 
it is rather local in its habitat, is not much known od | those limits. 
8. Q@ imbrica’ria, Mz. Leaves deciduons, lance-oblong or elliptic- 
lanceolate, acute at each end, mucronate. smooth and shining above, 
bescent be ; cupule saucer-sh aned ; acorn somewhat hemis- 
Fic. 205. The Live Oak (Quercus virens). 
