54 * THE TliEES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



States north of us, and only one less than in all the 

 Southern States east of the Mississippi. Some of the 

 species, however, hardly rise to the dignity of trees, 

 though I shall bring them all together in this place, 

 where they will most naturally be looked for. 



For the better understanding of the species, they 

 are divided into two Sections. The first is that of 

 the White Oaks — characterized by the acorns being 

 annual, the foliage of a pale or grayish aspect, and 

 without bristles at the ends of the leaf divisions ; the 

 bark of an ashy hue, and the wood generally lighter 

 colored and of more compact texture than in the 

 other Section. The second Section has acorns bien- 

 nially, and the leaves (except in the Live Oak*) are 

 pointed with a bristle at the end of each division. 



Section I. is again arranged in two Divisions : — the 

 first having for its type the common White Oak, 

 characterized by the leaves being deeply cut from 

 the margin toward the central nerve. The second 

 has for its type the Swamp White Oak, in which Di- 

 vision the leaves are generally larger than in the 

 first, and only scalloped or round-toothed on the 

 edge. The species of the White Oak Section are, 

 then, as follows : 



Division 1st. Division 2d. 



White Oak, (Quercus alba.) Swamp White Oak, (Q. Prinus.) 



Post Oak, (Q. obtusiloba.) Chestnut Oak, (Q. Castanea.) 



Over-cup Oak, (Q. lyrarta.) Chinquapin Oak, (Q. prinoides.) 



1. White Oak. (Quercus alba, Linn.) — This is 

 found from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and ap- 



