316 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
Crmson Quercus. Scarlet Oak. 
-90 feet high, and 2-3 or 4 feet in diameter. Leaves 5-8 inches long, deeply 
lobed a Gaenally 4 principal lobes on each sid ss the sinuses sesso HY aia wider at bottom, 
base obtuse ih tag es gees av gr vig both igvomar smooth and shining green 
with a dense pubesoen | the a f the nerves b eerie A bgp red an 
‘spotted with deeper -4 inches lon ng? ae corn dish, depressed or 
slightly umbilicate as vi ah lower half immersed in a roug pices cup. 
_ Rich moist woodlands. New i Freee to een 
_ Obs. The bark of this t our Tanners, who (not 
being acquainted with the Q, sateats Seonieade call it “Spanish Oak,” 
and Bes voit the par ie ied all the other Oaks that are common here, 
for their business. e crimson leaves of this species, where it sounds 
rgeous and ansigniticnnt appearance to our forests, in autumn 
13. @ ru’bra, L. Leaves oblong, eure sinuate-lobed, sinuses rather 
acute ; lobes incised-dentate with the teeth very _ cupule — 
saucer-shaped, flat at base, nearly even the outer surface; 
rather large and turgidly puller aeaie 
Rep Quercus. Red Oak. 
Stem 60 -90 fect high -4 meter, ae 
sie) the Postini srather ob ise at ase, saat obot (a (aenaiy Sp pehiaipal so, cach 
= sinuses shallower and more the p: species ; petioles 1- 
mehes long. Acorn oblong-ovoid, plump and rather large, prornry 4 a broad flat-bottomed 
a ee 
Fic, 217. The Red Oak (Quercus rubra), 218. Anacorn. 
