falcata. 
palustris, 
Banister. 
4 
MONOECIA, POLYANDRIA. 
Red Oak. 
The finest timber tree among the oaks. In all our woods. 
hh. May. 
10. Q. leaves on long petioles, obtuse at the base, 
tomentose beneath, three-lobed or scolloped ; 
lobes sub-falcate, with a bristly point, terminal, 
elongated; cup crateriform; acorn globose.— 
Mich. fl. Amer. 
Q. elongata, Willd. 
Icon. Mich. Querc. No. 16. t. 28. Mich. f. 
Arbr. forest. 2. p. 104. t. 21. 
Spanish Oak. Downy-red Oak. 
In the low woods of Jersey. h. May. 
11. Q. leaves on long petioles, oblong, deeply scol- 
loped, glabrous; axills of the veins villous be- 
neath: lobes divaricate, dentated, acute, with a 
bristly point ; cup scutellate, even; acorn sub- 
globose.— Willd. and Pursh. 
Icon. Mich. Querc. No. 19. t. 33. 34. Mich. 
f. Arb. forest. 2. p. 123. t. 25. 
Swamp Spanish Oak. Pin Oak. 
Leaves small. In low damp woods. h. May. ey 
12. Q. leaves on long petioles, obovate-cuneiform, 
three or five-lobed, margin very entire, with 
an ash-coloured tomentum beneath: lobes with 
a bristly point; cup somewhat  turbinate ; 
acorn sub-globose.—Mich. jl. Amer. 
Q. illicifolia, Willd. and Wangh. 
Icon. Mich. Querc. No. 15. t. 27. Mich. f. Arbr. 
forest. 2. p. 96. t. 19. 
Bear Oak. Black Scrub Oak. Dwarf Red Oak. 
Banister’s Oak. 
A small species, being little else than a shrub ; from 4 to 6 
feet high. On the high banks of the Wissahickon, near Lang- 
stroth’s mills, abundant. h. May. 

