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soils and situations ; and in others a shrub of dimi- 
nutive growth. Introduced in 1723, 
Varieties. ~ 
¥ Q. P. 1 sylvdticus Michx. Hist. des Chénes, No. 
vii. t. 12. (Our jig. 1602.) — The leaves are 
long and narrow on old trees, and trilobed 
on seedlings, as in fig. 1598.; and persistent, 
or deciduous, according to soil and situa- 
tion. 
£Q.P. 2 latifolius Lodd. Cat. ed. 1826. (The isos 9. p. syiviticus. 
plate of this tree in Ard. Brit., 1st edit., vol. 
vill. ; and our fig. 1599.) — A tree, with the leaves rather broader 
than those of the preceding form. 
1599. Q. P. latifolius. 
& Q. P. 3 hiimilis Pursh Fl, Amer. Sept. ii. p.625., Catesb. i. t. 22. 
— Leaves shorter and deciduous. A shrub of low straggling 
growth. 
= Q. P. 4 sericeus. Q. Phéllos Smith and Abb. Ins. ii. t. 51.3 Q. P. 
nimilus Michx. Hist. des Chénes, t. 13. f. 1. and 2.; Q. humilior 
salicis folio breviore Cat. Car. i. p. 22.; the Highland Willow Oak ; 
Q. sericea Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p.424., Pursh Fl, Amer. Sept. ii. p. 626. 5 
Q. piimila Miche. N. Amer, Syl. i. t.1%.; the running Oak. (Our 
Jig. 1600.) — This curious little oak is the smallest of the genus, 
being only 20 in., or at most 2 ft., in height. 
w@ £Q.P. 5 cinereus, Q. P. y Lin, Sp. Pl. 1412.; Q. P. B cinereus Ait. 
Hort. Kew. ed. 1. iti. p. 354.; Q. himilis Walt. Carol, 234. ; Q. ci- 
nérea Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p.425., Michx. N. Amer. Syl. i.t.16.; the 
Upland Willow Oak. (Our ig. 1601.) — This kind varies so much. 
