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toothed, the teeth ending in bristles; thin, bright green, shiny 
and smooth above, paler and smooth with reddish brown 
hairs in the axils of veins below, petioles 14’ long. The acorns 
are borne solitary or in pairs sessile or on very short stalks. 
Nut ovoid 34’ long, reddish brown sometimes striped with 




Fig. 15. Quercus Schneckii. 
darker lines, somewhat hairy, enclosed for about one-third 
its length in the saucer-shaped cup which is rounded or nearly 
flat. 
Iowa, [llinois, and Indiana sou’h to Florida and Texas. 
Uses similar to Quercus rubra. 
