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Only known from the tree at Riddleton, discovered by Messrs. 

 Heritage, Lippincott and Crawford. The records for Ventnor 

 and Mickleton (KB) were errors. See also under Hybrid oaks. 

 Middle Dij^nct.— Riddleton*. 



Quercus prinus L. Rock Chestnut Oak. 



Quercus prinus Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 995. 1753 [North America]. — Knieskern 

 28. — ^Willis SS- — Britton 222. 



Common in the woods of the Northern and Middle districts, 

 and somewhat less plentiful or local in the Pine Barrens and Cape 

 May peninsula. 



PL — ^Early May to mid-May (probably), when the leaves are 

 partly expanded. Fr. — Autumn of the firsit season. 



Middle District—Shark River (UP), Farmingdale (S), Arneys Mt. (S), 

 Fish House, Springdale (S), Lawnside (S), Below Washington Park (S), 

 Repaupo, Clarksboro, Mickleton (UP). 



Pine Barrens.- — Barnegat, Kenilworth, Bear Swamp (S), Tabernacle, 

 Quaker Bridge (S), Landisville (T), Cedar Brook, Albion, Palermo (S). 



Cape Maji.— Goshen (S), Court House (S), Cape May (S).t 



Quercus michauxii Nutt. Basket Oak. 



Quercus Michauxii Nuttall, Gen. II. 215. 1818 [The D/elaware to St. Mary's, 

 W. Florida]. — Keller and Brown 124. 



Local in the lower part of the Middle district. 

 Middle District. — Moorestown, Repaupo (C), Upper Pennsgrove. 



Quercus prinoides Willd. Scrub Chestnut Oak. 



Quercus prinoides Willdenow, Neue Schrift Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin III. 397. 

 1801 [N. A.— probably Penn.] .—Keller and Brown 124. — Knieskern 28. 

 Quercus chinquapin Barton, Fl. Phila. II. 173. 1818. 

 Quercus prinus var. humilis Willis 55. 

 Quercus Muhlenbergii var. humilis Britton 223. 



Locally common in dry woods of the Middle and Pine Barren 

 districts. 



In some sections of the Pines this little oak makes up a large 

 proportion of the underbrush, and the branches are weighted 



* Harshberger (Phytogeographic Survey of N. A., p. 414) quotes Q. lyrata 

 as a component of the forest at Peermont, but none of the other botanists 

 who have visited the locality have found this tree. Q. stellata is the common 

 species there. 



t The records of Q. acuminata from MuUica Hill and Bridgeton are" ap- 

 parently referable to Q. prinus, which varies greatly in the shape of its leaves. 



