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Leaves entire or sometimes 5-lobed near the blunt apex, 
wedge-shaped at base, thick, bright, lustrous green above, 
pale and hairy beneath. Acorns almost sessile, cup shallow, 
nut ovoid somewhat depressed. Distinguished from Quercus 
breviloba by the very shallow cup. 
Alabama, extending into the eastern part of Texas. It 
grows in dry soil of river valleys. 
Similar to Quercus alba. The tree is also planted for orna- 
ment. 
10. Quercus Laceyi Small. Lacey’s Oak. A small tree 
15°-20° high or more frequently a shrub. Bark rough, irreg- 
ularly and deeply grooved, brown in color. Leaves oblong 
to chlong-obovate, 3-5 lobed, thick, short stalked, olive green, 
the upper surface has a waxy appearance while the lower is 
grayish and covered with minute scales, not falling until 
about the time the new leaves unfold. Acorns sessile or 
nearly so, the nut is oblong to oblong-ovoid, enclosed only 
at the base by the shallow saucer-shaped cup. 
Limestone hills of south central Texas. Too small to be of 
economic importance. Used for fuel. 
11. Quercus Virginiana Miller. Live Oak. A large ever- 
green tree 40°-50° high with trunk diameter of 3°-4°. The 
stocky stem is buttressed at the base and frequently divides 
a few feet above the ground into large secondary branches 
which are widespreading, forming a low rounded crown. Old 
trees are almost globular in outline. The bark is 14’ to 1’ 
thick, brown, tinged with red, somewhat furrowed, scaly. 
Leaves oblong, oval, or obovate, mostly blunt. sometimes short 
pointec, margins entire on mature branches, somewhat toothed 
on young branches, dark green above, pale and somewhat 
hairy beneath. Acorn borne singly or in clusters of two to 
five, short stalked; the nut-is ovoid or oblong, one inch or 
more jong, brown, shining, about one-fourth enclosed in the 
light brown, turbinate, hemispheric cup. 
Virginia to Florida, west to Texas, and Mexico. In Texas 
it occurs abundantly in the coast country from the Brazos to 
the Nueces. It extends to the northward across the Black 
and Grand prairies. The tree grows in a wide variety of soils 
and habitats. It seems to reach its maximum development in 
