88. 
Castanea 
Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. Chestnut 
Java Farm. Infrequent in mature mixed hardwood forest, occurring 
only as stump sprouts. Collected under canopy of Fagus grandifolia and 
its associates, also one station on Hog Island under canopy of Quercus 
prinus. Higman 107, 402. 
Quercus 
1. Lobes or teeth of leaves not bristle-tipped; 
acorn cup with puberulent scales, rust- 
puberulent within. 
2. Leaves not lobed, or with sinuses less than 
1/3 of distance to midrib. (Also, leaves 
puberulent beneath; acorn puberulent above). 
3. Acorns on peduncles 2-7 cm. long, exceeding 
petioles; leaves much paler and densely 
stellate-tomentose beneath, often shallowly 
lobed. Expected (Q. bicolor). 
3. Acorns sessile or nearly so; leaves slightly 
paler and moderately stellate-puberulent 
beneath, coarsely serrate with sharp or 
rounded teeth (never lobed). 
4. Leaves sharply serrate (tips of teeth 
round); acorn 1.5-2.0 cm. long, subglobose... Q. muehlenbergii 
4. Leaves dentate with broadly rounded teeth; 
acorn 2-3 cm. long, ovoid-ellipsoid.......... Q. prinus 
2. Leaves lobed with sinuses more than 1/3 of distance 
to midrib. 
5. Mature leaves glabrous, whitened beneath, 
irregularly lobed (lobes ascending); acorn 
ovoid-ellipsoid, 2-3 cm. long, glabrous......... Q. alba 
5. Mature leaves densely stellate-pubescent 
beneath, lobed like a cross; acorn ovoid, 1-1.5 
cm. long, puberulent above........cceccceseceees Q. stellata 
