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shaped at base, thin and firm at maturity, smooth glossy, 
bright green above, paler or yellow green and smooth below 
or with hairs in the axils of the veins. The acorn sessile or 
nearly so, solitary, or in pairs. Nut subglobose, ovoid or 
oblong, 14’ to 34’ long, somewhat hairy, especially at the 
summit, enclosed for about one-half its length in the deeply 
cup-shaped cup; kernel yellow, bitter. The scales of the cup 
are coarse, loose above the middle, thin sharp pointed forming 
a fringed border to the rim. 
Maine to western Ontario, south to Florida and Texas. It 
occurs in east Texas and in rocky ravines and mountains near 
the mouth of the Pecos. 
The wood is coarse grained, strong, heht reddish brown. 
The wood is not usually distinguished from the red oak com- 
mercially, but it is inferior in quality. Its uses are similar 
to @. rubra. 
20. Quercus Texana Buckley. Texan Oak. Red Oak. 
Spotted Oak. Spanish Oak. A small tree, with spreading 
branches forming a rounded crown. The bark is light brown, 
somewhat scaly on older portions, thin and smooth on young 
branches. Leaves oblong to obovate, 2’-4’ in length, with 
3-7 triangular to ovate lobes, the terminal lobe much larger 
than the others; lobes sometimes toothed, bristle tipped; deep 
green, smooth, shining above, paler, yellowish below, with 
prominent red venation. Acorns sessile or on very short 
stalks; nut ovoid-oblong or oblong, light brown, enclosed for 
about one-third its leneth in the hemispheric cup; scales of 
the cup ovate, blunt, forming a fringe around the rim of the 
cup. 
In drv rocky soils of southern and western Texas. 
The woed is close grained and hard. It is used for fuel. 
21. Quercus digitata Sudw. Spanish Oak. A forest tree 
70°-80° high with trunk diameter of 2°-3°. The branches are 
stout, spreading, and form a loose open crown. The bark is 
3/,’-1’ thick, dark brown, fissured, the furrows usually narrow, 
sometimes wide, ridges rather broad, broken into short plates; 
young shoots at first hairy greenish red or gray brown, be- 
eoming smooth and dark gray brown. Leaves oblong or 
