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X X Leaves broadly and coarsely toothed {not lobed). 



6. QuERCus BicoLOE. Swamp White Oak. 



Q. hicolor. Foliis dblongis dbovatis grosse inaequaliter sinuato-dentatis 

 basi integerrimis, subtus albo-tomentosis, fricctu longe pedunculate, cupula 

 hemisphaerica squamosa, glande ovata. 



Q. bicolor, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4, p. 440 ; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. v. 2, p. 633. 



Q. Prinus discolor, Michx. f. N. Am. Sylv. v. 1, p. 47, t. 7. 



Q. bicolor, WiUd. Sp. PI. 4, p. 440 ; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2, p. 633; Nutt. Gen. 2, 

 p. 215 ; Sm. in Bees' Enoyc. 5, part 1st, n. 50. Q. Prinus tomeniosa, Miohx. Hist. 

 Chgnes Am. n. 5, t. 9, f. 2 ; Q. Prinus discolor, Michx. f . Hist. Arb. Am. 2, p. 46, t. 6. 



This oak probably combines beauty and utility to as great a degree 

 fis any in America. Tbe stems are im.usually tall and straight, having a 

 few branches at the bottom ; the leaves of a dark green on the upper side 

 and clothed with a thick white pubescence underneath ; smaller in every 

 respect than Q. Prinus. The acorns, like those of the latter species, are 

 sweet and eagerly sought after by pigs, squirrels, and pigeons. The wood, 

 like most other species, is used for domestic purposes. It grows on the 

 liigh ground of the Niagara, at the Falls, and on the banks of the Hudson, 

 near Rhinebeck, in the State of New York. 



Found by Pursh, from Pennsylvania to Carolina, growing to a large 

 size in low wet woods. 



Michaux observes that the wood is of a fine and pretty close grain, with 

 the pores almost wholly obhterated ; and that it is known to possess the 

 quahties of strength and great elasticity, and especially that of easily 

 spUtting in a straight direction. 



7. QuERCUS Prinus. Swamp Chestnut Oak. 



Q. Prinus. Foliis dbovatis acutis subtus laeviter pubescentibus subaequaliter 

 grosse sinuato-dentatis, cupula hemisphaerica squamosa basi siibattenuata, 

 glandula ovata. 



Q. Prinus, Linn. Sp. PL p. 1413 ; Willd. Sp. PL v. 4, p. 439 ; Pursh, Fl. 

 Am. Sept. V. 2, p. 633. 



Q. Prinus palustris, Michx. f. N. Am. Sylv. v. 1, p. 52, t. 8. 



Q. Prinus, Willd. Sp. PI. 4, p. 439 ; Sm. in Rees' Encyc. 29, part 1st, n. 47 ; 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 5, p. 290 ; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2, p. 633 ; Nutt. Gen. 2, p. 215. 



Q. Prinus paluMris, Michx. Hist. Chenes Am. 5, t. 6; Michx. FL Bor. Am. 2, 

 p. 196 ; Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 2, p. 51, t. 7. 



Q. Gastaneae foliis procera arbor virginiana, Pluk. Almag. 309; Pluk. Phytog. 

 t. 54, f. 3 ; Catesb. Carol. 1, t. 18. 



A large tree of quick growth and very ornamentaL of which the acorns 

 vegetate immediately upon their falling from the tree. It is by far the 

 largest of this section, and during the autumn presents many beautiful 

 tints. I could not learn if the wood was considered good, but Michaux 

 speaks of it as only a secondary quality, though much used for cartwrights' 

 work and such purposes as require strength and durability, its numerous 

 pores rendering it almost useless for making casks to hold spirits. The 

 negroes weave baskets and brooms of it, because it splits well and in a 

 straight direction, and can be divided into very thin slips. Hewn into 



