24S UNITED STATES. 



dentated: the petiole very short ; acorns very sweet. 

 A chesBUt oak like this grows in lower Virginia. 



6. Quercus virens. Phellos semfiervivcna of 

 Marshall. 



Live oak of South Carolina and Georgia. 



Height 30 to 45 feet, bark dark brown, somewhat 

 cracked, leaves firm and tough, entire, oval or ob- 

 long, and a little obtuse, dentated while young, silky 

 in the spring; afterwards of a dark green, with a 

 light down underneath, petiole short and reddish, 

 as also the nerves, cup turbinated, tolerably smooth, 

 with short scales, acorns oblong; grows from lower 

 Virginia, to Florida and the Mississippi, on the sea 

 coast. 



This tree only grows on the islands and coasts 

 exposed to the sea winds ; in a sandy soil, with a 

 clayey substratum. It affords a fine shade; the 

 acorns are abundant, and less bitter* than those of 

 other kinds of oak. It is said that the Florida In- 

 dians extract an oil from them, wiiich they use in 

 cooking. Hogs and Vv^ild animals are very fond of 

 them; the timber is excellent, and more esteemed 

 than tliat of any other species in North America : 

 it is much used for ship timber. 



7. Q, Phellos^ willow oak. Q. /^. angustifolia 

 of Marshall. 



Height 50 to 55 feet, bark smooth, leaves narrow 

 and lanceolated, pointed at both ends, trifid, short 

 petiole, cup thin, small acorns, grows (slowly) all 

 through the United States in moist places, and is a 

 pretty tree : wood much used. 



* Mr, M. might have added, very savoury. They can scarcely be 

 distinguished from chinquapins late in ihe winter. 



