LXX. CORYLA‘CEE!: QUE’RCUS. 867 
growing in a fertile soil, is 
owing equally to the sym- 
metry of its form and the 
luxuriance of its foliage. The 
bark on old trees is hard, 
thick, and deeply furrowed ; 
and the outer bark is equally 
good for tanning as the inner 
bark. The leaves are 5 or 
6 inches long, and 3 or 4 
inches broad; oval; and uni- 
formly dentate, with the teeth 
more regular, but less acute, 
than those of Q. P. palastris ; ; 
the leaf terminating in a 
point. When beginning to 1577. Q. P. monticola, 
unfold in spring, the leaves 
are covered with a thick white down, and they appear somewhat 
wrinkled ; but, when fully expanded, they are perfectly glabrous, 
smooth, and of a delicate texture. The petiole, which is rather 
short, is yellow, and the colour becomes brighter and more con- 
spicuous in autumn. The acorns are long, of an oblong-oval shape : 
they are produced in pairs, on a short peduncle, and are enveloped 
for about one third of their length in pear-shaped cups, covered with 
loose scales. 
* Q. P. 3 acumindta Michx. Quer. No. 
5. t. 8 (our jig. 1578.) Q. P. 
acuminata Miche. fil. N. Amer. Syl. 
i. p. 51. t.10.; Q. Castanea Willd. 
Sp. Pl. iv. p.441.; the yellow Oak. 
— Leaves on long footstalks; obtuse 
at the base, sharply serrated. Fruit 
of moderate size; cup hemispheri- 
cal. (Michx.) A fastigiate deciduous 
tree. Delaware to the Savannah. 
Height 70 ft. to 80ft. Introduced 
in 1822. The bark is whitish, very 
slightly furrowed, and sometimes 
divided into plates. The leaves are 
lanceolate, obtuse at the base, and 
ending in a sharp point, regularly 1578. Q. P. acuminata. 
toothed, of a light green above, and 
whitish beneath. The acorns are small, roundish-ovate, and con- 
tained in shallow slightly scaly cups. 
¥ Q. P.4 pimila Michx. Quer. No. 5. t.9. f. 1. 
Q. P. Chinquapin Michx. N. Amer. Syl. i. p. 
55. t.1l. (our fig. 1579.); Q. Chinquapin 
Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. ii. p. 634.; Q. pri- 
ndides Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p.440.; the Chin- 
quapin, or Dwarf Chestnut, Oak. — Leaves 
on shortish petioles; somewhat lanceolate ; 
glaucous beneath. (Michr.) A low deciduous 
tree. Northern and middle states. Height 
20 ft. to 30ft. Introd. 1828. The leaves 
are oval-acuminate, regularly, but not deeply, 
dentated, of a light green above, and whitish 
beneath. The acorns (jig. 1566.¢) are en- 
closed, for about one third of their length, in 
scaly sessile cups’ they are of the middle size, —_ 1679. @ P. pumila. 
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