Handbook of Trees of the Noktiieen States and Canada. 179 



Tlio rhiiiquapin <.i;ik i^ an ahnndMnt free 

 wi'^l of tho A!U\L,Hioiiy Alount;iiii>^. ami in the 

 luxuriant forests of (lie \\ abasli River ValU'V 

 of southern Indiana ami Illinois has been 

 known to attain the oxeeiitional height of lllO 

 fl., willi -Irai.^hl ei^Iuinnar trunk 3-5 ft. in 

 thickness above the uiilc buttressed base, but 

 il is generally a nuieli smaller tree ami in tlie 

 iMstern part of its range uneouinion and loeal 

 in its distiibntion. When growing ai>art froiu 

 ntiier trees it develops an oblong or roundi'd 

 t(i|i of many branelies. and its trunk is ve-^ted 

 in a pale gray scaly-ridged bark. Its leaves 

 very much resemble those of the Chestnut and 

 in autumn turn to various tints of orange 

 and red. 



The wood is heavy, a cidde foot when thor- 

 oughly dry weighing 5.1.(13 lbs., strong and 

 hard and is extensividy used in cooperage, the 

 censtruction of ngrienllural iuipliMuents, furni- 

 ture, etc., and inv po-;l-~ and railway ties.- 



Lrarcs lanceolato-nblon?, to obnvnfe. 4-S in. 

 Inng, wedgro-shapod or rounded at basr. neuti' m- 

 nrnminate nt apex, erpially and coarsely scrrntc, 

 with irkindnlar-nuicronate teeth, dark i^reen above, 

 whitish pubescent beneath, the straiy;ht prominent 

 veins tiTminatins; in tlie teetli : petioles slender. 

 Flnin'ry: staminate anionts pilose, ;V-4 in. Ions, 

 with yellow 5-fi-lobed ralyx : sticrmas short, red, 

 Fniit sessile or short-pednnclate w'ith liistrnns; 

 brown short ovoid aeorn ""-j-^i in. loni; and half 

 invested by tlio hon ry-toiniMitose heniis[)hei-ii' cup 

 covered with small appresscd scales; srcd snnii-- 

 tinif's odibh"-. 



A division of Ibi-^ sfici'lrs has [■crcnlly hrcii 

 snuiicsted, and rli.' naruf ij .Mrxandcfi Itr'iK a p- 

 plii'd In eovnr trnc^ w i i h ir;i\^s Piundci' above llu' 

 middle and acorn-, wi i h r,i i Imt shalb-w run-;, ]>nr. 

 inasmuch as hoih forms of Imvcs himI acorns 

 are often found on Iho s;inii' li'ec II lo |iro[M>sr(] 

 new species would hardly socm to he valid. 



1. Syu. Q. ATithJriihrniii I']n-clm. 



2. A. W., Ill, 08. 



