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CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION 



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with a thick, mostly tuberculated cup ; in 

 the axils of the leaves of the year ; kernel 

 sweetish and edible. A middle-sized or 

 small tree, with reddish, coarse-grained 

 wood. Found throughout, but common 

 only southward. 



8. Q,u6rcus Muhlenb6rgii, Engelm. 

 (YELLOW CHESTNUT-OAK.) Leaves usu- 

 ally thin, 5 to 7 in. long, 1^ to 2 in. 

 broad, oblong-lanceolate, rather sharply 

 notched, mostly obtuse or roundish at 

 base, sometimes broadly ovate or obo- 



vate, and two thirds as wide as long. <a.Prinus. 



The leaves are usually more like those of 

 the Chestnut than any other Oak ; the 

 primary veins very straight, impressed 

 above, prominent beneath. Acorn % to 

 % in. long, inclosed in a thin, hemi- 

 spherical cup with small, appressed 

 scales. A middle-sized tree with flaky, 

 pale, thin, ash-colored bark, and tough, 

 very durable, yellowish or brownish 

 wood. Western New England, westward 



O. Muhlenb^nrii. &nd SOUth ' 



9. Q,u6rcus prinoldes, Willd. (DWARF CHESTNUT- 

 OAK.) Much like the last, but generally grows only 

 2 to 4 ft. high in the Eastern States. The leaves are 

 more wavy-toothed, on shorter stems. It seems to be 

 only a variety of Quercus Muhlenbergii, especially in 



the West, where it grows much taller and 

 runs into that species. 



10. Qaiercus virens, Ait. (LIVE-OAK.) 

 Leaves thick, evergreen, 2 to 4 in. long, 

 oblong, obtuse, and somewhat wrinkled ; 

 smooth and shining above, hairy beneath, 

 the margin revolute, usually quite entire, 

 rarely spiny-toothed. Acorns pedunculate, 

 1 to 3 in a cluster, oblong-ovate, with top- 

 shaped nut. A mere shrub to a large tree, 

 with yellowish wood of excellent grain and 

 durability. Virginia and south. 



