Handbook of Tkees of the Niirthekx States and Canada. 141 



This tree in tlie ricli hnttoni-l;iii(l=; nf tlic 

 Wabasli i;i\ri' liii~in i< s^iid to adaiii a li('i\'lit 

 of iiraiiy -!0() ft,. « itli sturdy Inii ticsscil tviiiik 

 =on;cl iiiu'-. 7-S ft. in (lianioti^v ami SU-HO ft. 

 to its lirani'lu'S — (liiuciisions wliioli wcaild 

 mal<e this one of tlip lareest of the .-\nirrican 

 Oaks — lint siR-li a size is very i'\ce|>tional. as 

 it is Usually a niuili smaller tree- It is loin- 

 aion alonu' the Imnks of stieams and hottoni- 

 litnds of the .Mississi [i|d Itasin in eoMi|ia n\' wit h 

 tile < 'oltonwdod, i;i\er l!ireh. Soni- (ium. Swert 

 Ihllli. ilaekliel l-\', Cod'eetree. Ked aiel Silvel' 

 Maples, ete. In the extreme westein part of 

 its raHi;e it is sometimes found fruitini,' as a 

 large shruh. 



Its wood is considered hy Inmhermen as of 



better frraile tlian that of the Northern Red 



Oak. ft is applieil to the same uses as that 



timher anil is i/enerally not distinguished from 



it in e<ini)nei-ee.- 



LniycR nvnte to hro-ld oval, 0^2-8 in. lent:, trun- 

 cate or brand wed.cre-sliaped at base, deeply jiin- 

 nafifid \\'ilh bread rounded sinuses and r.-O 

 spreadinL: bilii's naia-ow below and spreadini: and 

 dentate ai a|ji'.\ with bristle-pointed teetb, at ma- 

 turity thin, firm and sbinin,ii- daii\ ereen abovn 

 p.Tl'T and with tufts of whitish hairs in axils l>e- 

 ni'atl], J'loirrrs: staminate in slender pubescent 

 anients ; calyx 4-."i with laciniatelv cut lobes; 

 pistillate with short tomentose peduncles, stii^mas 

 red. Fruit usually solitary, sessile or with short 

 stalks, ovoid, pubendous lijibt brown acorn, V>-1V> 

 in. long, sometimes striated, 2-r'. times as hicth as 

 the shallow or somewtiat turbinate cup with thin 

 closely appressed light brown tomentose scales. 



1. Syn. Qiicrviis BvhneclM Britt. 

 2. A. W. XII, -I'.n. 



