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gaucer-like sessile cwp, of which the scales are so compact as to present a smooth or 
nearly even surface. 
Hilly woodlands : Northern and Middle States. Fl. May. Fr. October. 
Obs. Justice to myself, and to the truths of Natural History—as well 
as to Mr. Emerson, a sn or of the admi sag Report on the Forest Trees 
and ubs 0: setts——requires that I should here rectify a 
misapprehension under whieh I lab tee set I compiled the first editio 
= this work. I understood (of course from others—having 
ways U 
no personal k nailer of the sbjet)t shat the bark of ae i was 
in high repute with the Tanners,— careful 
and 
of hat Mr. Emerson i 
tially correct in the statement that it is “almost worthless for the use 
of the Tanner.” The timber of this tree is also of inferior value. 
14, Q. palus’tris, Du Roi. Leaves oblong, deeply sinuate-pinnatifid, 
with broad rounded sinuses, lobes divaricate, acutely dentate ; cop 
saucer-shaped ; acorn subglobose, small. 
‘Marsi Querces. Pin Oak. Suiitip Spanish Oak,” : : 
Stem 40-60 or 70 feet high, and 1- tisk Ji eases ake ni a Vth aille - 
“horizontal or drooping branches, she ave frequently very knotty. Leaves 4~6 inches 
> Fie. ‘10, The Pn or Swamp Spanish Oak (Quercus palustris.) 
