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with a thick, mostly tuberculated cup; in 
the axils of the leaves of the year; kernel 
sweetish and edible. A middle-sized or 
swnall tree, with reddish, coarse-grained 
wood. Found throughout, but common 
only southward. 
8. Quércus Muhlenbérgii, Engelm. 
(YELLOW CHESTNUT-OAK.) Leaves usu- 
ally thin, 5 to 7 in. long, 144 to 2 in. 
broad, oblong-lanceolate, rather sharply 
notched, inostly obtuse or roundish at 
base, sometimes broadly ovate or obo- 
vate, and two thirds as wide as long. 
The leaves are usually more like those of 
the Chestnut than any other Oak; the 
primary veins very straight, impressed 
above, prominent beneath. Acorn 34 to 
% in. long, inclosed in a thin, hemi- 
spherical cup with small, appressed ° 
seales. A middle-sized tree with flaky, 
pale, thin, ash-colored bark, and tough, 
very durable, ytllowish or brownish 
wood. Western New England, westward 
and south. 
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Q@. Mublenbérgii. 
9. Quércus prinoides, Willd. (DWARF CHESTNUT- 
AK.) Much like the last, but generally grows only 
2 to 4 ft. high in the Eastern States. The leaves are * 
more wavy-toothed, on shorter stems. It seems to be & 
only a variety of Quercus Muhlenbergii, especially in @ Prinoides. 
the West, where it grows much taller and 
runs into that species. 
10. Quércus virens, Ait. (LIVE-0AK.) 
Leaves thick, evergreen, 2 to 4 in. long, 
oblong, obtuse, and somewhat wrinkled; 
smooth and shining above, hairy beneath, 
the margin revolute, usually quite entire, 
rarely spiny-toothed. Acorns pedunculate, 
1 to 3 in a cluster, oblong-ovate, with top- 
shaped nut. A mere shrub to a large tree, 
with yellowish wood of excellent grain and 
durability. Virginia and south. 
