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monly with five lobes, and truncated and deeply 

 sinnated, base sharp, the petiole short. 



This tree rarely grows in low and damp places, 

 the acorns are abundant*, wild beasts are very fond 

 of them ; its wood is much esteemed for economical 

 purposes, especially for posts and rails, and staves, 

 houses, and vessels. 



2d. Quercus inacrocarfia^ over cup white oak. 



Height about 65 to 85 feet, bark smooth, a little 

 cracked or broken, even when fully grown. Leaves 

 wooUy underneath, lyre shaped, deeply sinuated, 

 lobes obtuse and crenated, much larger than those of 

 the preceding species, of a green less deep, and less 

 rough ; petiole much longer; cup deep and fibrous 

 towards its border, acorns very large, oval and ton- 

 fined in the cup, before maturity ; peduncle mode- 

 rately long ; abounds west of the Alleghany.* The 

 wood is excellent when growing on high clayey and 

 calcareous soils, but in marshy grounds, it dwindles 

 and is covered with moss: the young branches arc 

 covered with a fungous substance like that on the 

 elm and sweet gum (liquidamber), Vt^hich disappears 

 when they come to their growth : small vvoolly galls, 

 like lentiles, are found under its leaves. 



od, Quercus lyrata, water white oak. 



Height 55 to 65 feet, smooth bark ; trunk when 

 young and branches flexible ; leaves of a fine green 

 colour, quite smooth, lyre shaped ; lobes approach- 

 ing to a square, and the angles sharp, their termina- 

 tions three pointed ; sinus very blunt : petiole short: 



* Also in the upper parts of Pemisylvaiw j^vA New y«»rk,"*-Mi- 

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