866 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
them, are thin and scaly, each scale being terminated by a short firm pa 
or bristle. The largest American oak that thrives in wet ground. (Michz.) 
§.iv. Prinus. Chestnut Oaks. 
Sect. Char., §c. Leaves dentate, dying off of a dirty white or of a yellowisi 
orange. Bark white, rough, and scaly. Fructification annual. Cup im- 
bricate. Nut oblong, generally large. 
¥ 13. Q. Prunus L. The Prinus, or Chestnut-leaved, Oak. 
identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1413.; N. Du Ham., 7. p. 164.; Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 195. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong-oval, more or less pointed, nearly equally 
toothed. Cup somewhat scaly; nut ovate. (Michx.) Trees deciduous, 
varying in height from 20 ft. to 90 ft.; and one of the varieties a low shrub. 
In the climate of London the trees grow freely, and promise to attain a con- 
siderable size. In general form, they are as handsome as any of the Ame- 
rican oaks; but their foliage dies off with very little colour, what there is 
being generally of a dirty white or brownish. 
Varieties. These are by some authors treated as species; but they are so 
obviously alike in their leaves and bark from their infancy upwards, that 
there does not remain a single doubt in our minds of their being only 
varieties. 
£ Q. P. 1 palustris Michx. Quer. No. 5. t.6. Q. P. palastris Mich. 
N. Amer, Syl. i. p. 46. t. 8. (the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 
Ist edit., vol. viii. ; and our fig. 1576.); Q. Prinus L. Sp. Pl. 1413. ; 
Q. castaneefoliis, &c., Pluk. Alm. 309.; the Swamp Chestnut 
Oak; the Chestnut white Oak: and, near Philadelphia, the white 
Oak. — Leaves on longish footstalks, obovate. Fruit very large. 
Cup moderately hollow, distinctly scaly (A. Michx.) A large deci- 
duous tree. Maritinie parts of Carolina and other southern states. 
Height 80 ft. to 90 ft. Introd. 1730. The leaves of Q. P. palastris 
are of a shining green 
above, and whitish and 
somewhat wrinkled un- 
derneath ; they have ra- 
ther long footstalks ; and . 
are from 8in. to 9 in. 
long, and from 4 in. to ey 
5 in. broad; obovate, and { 
terminating m an acute “EN 
point. They are some- LM 
what wedge-shaped, and CN 
are deeply dentated with 
blunt lobe-like teeth from 
the summit to the base. 
The acorns are of a bright 
clear brown, oval, and 
larger than those of any other kind of American oak, except Q. macro- 
carpa: they are borne on very short peduncles, and are contained 
in shallow scaly cups. 
 Q. P. 2 monticola Michx. Quer. No.5.t.7. (our jig. 1577.) Q.P. 
monticola Miche. fil. Nv Amer. Syl. i. p. 49. t.9.; Q. montana 
Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p.440.; Q. Prinus Smith in Abb. Ins. of Geor. ii. 
p- 163. t.82.; the Rock Chestnut Oak.— Leaves on short foot- 
stalks, rhomboid-oval. Fruit rather large; cup top-shaped and 
rough; nut oblong. (Michr.) A large deciduous tree. Pennsyl- 
vania to Virginia. Height 50 ft. to 60 ft. Introd. 1800. The beautiful 
appearance of this tree, according to the younger Michaux, when 
1576. Q. P. palustris. 
