CHAP. CV. 



coryla'ce^e. QUE'RCUS. 



J 895 



Ft. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 625. ; N. Du Ham., 7. p. 150. ; Smith and Abb. Ins., 2. p. 181. ; Michx. Qucr., 



No. 7. ; Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 1. 

 Synonymes. Q. virginii\na, &&, Pluk. Aim., p. 180. ; Q. Tlex marylandica Rail Hist. PL 

 Engravings. Catesb. Carol., 1. t. 16. ; Abb. Ins., '2. t. 91.; Michx. Qucr., t. 12. ; Pluk. Aim., t. 441 . 



f. 7. ; our fig. 1774. ; and the plates of this tree in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., eye. Leaves membranaceous, linear, lanceolate ; tapering at each 

 end, entire, smooth, with a small point. Nut roundish. (Smith and Willd.) 

 A tree, GO ft. or 70 ft. high, in some soils and situations ; and in others a 

 shrub of diminutive growth. 



Varieties. 



*£ Q. P. 1 sylvaticus Michx. Hist, des Chenes, No. vii. t. 12.; Wang, 

 Amer., t. 5. f. 1 1.; and our Jig. 1774. ; has the 

 leaves long and narrow on old trees, and tri- 

 lobed on seedlings, as in^g. 1771. ; and persis- 

 tent, or deciduous, according to soil and situ- 

 ation. A tree, growing to the height of about 

 60 ft. Introduced in 1723. There is a tree in 

 the Hackney arboretum 22 ft. high. 

 ¥ Q. P. 2 latifolius Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; and the 

 plate of this tree in our last Volume. — A tree, 

 with the leaves rather broader than those of 

 the preceding form. There is a plant at Messrs. Loddiges's 15 ft. 

 high. 



fife Q. P. 3 hiimilis Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., ii. p. 625., Catesb., i. t. 22., Wangh. Amer., t. 5. 

 f. 12., has shorter leaves, which are deciduous. A shrub of low straggling growth. 



Jtk Q. P. 4 sericeus ; Q. Phellos Smith and Abb. Ins., ii. t. 51. ; Q. P. pumilus Michx. Hist, des 

 Chines, t. 13. f. 1. and 2. ; Q, humilior salicis foliis brevior ; the Highland Willow Oak ; 

 Q. sericea Willd. Sp. PL, iv. p. 424., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., ii. p. 626. ; N. Du Ham., vii. 

 p. 150., Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 3. ; Q. pumila Michx. N. Amer. SyL, i. t. 17. ; and 

 our fig. 1772. The running Oak. — This curious little oak is the smallest of the genus, 

 being only 20 in., or at most 2ft., in height. The leaves are entire, smooth, or of an 

 elongated oval shape, and about 2 in. long : they are of a reddish tint in spring, turning 

 green as the season advances, and are deciduous. The acorns are small, and round ; 

 and they are few in number, because the stem of the plant is burnt down to the ground 

 almost every spring, by the fires kindled in the forests to consume the dead grass ; and, 

 as this oak belongs to those whose fructification is biennial, the acorns are destroyed 

 before they reach maturity. This plant is confined to the maritime parts of the Caro- 

 linas, Georgia, and the Floridas ; and it springs in the pine barrens, amid the numerous 

 varieties of whortleberry and other plants which overspread the ground, wherever there 

 is a little moisture in the soil, and the layer of vegetable mould is a few inches thick. 



*£ fifc Q. P. 5 cmereus; Q. P. y Lin. Sp. PL, 1412. ; Q. P. /3 cinereus Ait. Hart. Kew., ed. 1., 

 iii. p. 354. ,Q. humilis Walt. Carol., 234. ; Q. cinerea Willd. Sp. PL, iv. p. 425., Ait. Hort. 

 Kew., ed. 2.,v. p. 288. , Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., ii. p. 626., N. Du Ham., vii, p. 151., Smith 



1772 



in Rees's Cycl., No. 6., Michx. N. Amer. SyL, i. 1. 16. : and our Jig. 1773. The Upland 

 Willow Oak. — This kind varies so much, both in height and general appearance, that 

 individual plants have frequently been taken for distinct species. It is only found in the 

 maritime parts of the southern states, where it is little multiplied in comparison with 

 many other species ; and is dispersed in small groups in trie forests of white pine 



