VEGETABLF^S. 



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cinerea^ upland Avillow oak. 

 Height from 18 to 20 feet, leaves petiolated, lan- 

 eeolated, somewhat cblong, pointed, entire, of a dark 

 green colour, on upper side of an ash colour, woolly 

 beneath ; cup saucer shaped, scales visible on the 

 inner margin, acorn spherical : grows in the low 

 lands of North and South Carolina and Georgia, in 

 dry places; it is of an ugly shape, wood only fit for 

 fuel, Catesby's figure of this tree is very inaccu- 

 rate. 



9. Q. zmbricaria, shingle willow oak. 



- Height about 45 feet, grey bark, somewhat chap- 

 ped, briinches straight; leaves almost sessile, large, 

 oval -oblong, pointed, entire, dark green on the up- 

 per surface, a little downy underneath ; acorns like 

 the preceding, bat the scales of the cup a little 

 larger ; grows on the Alleghany, and countries to 

 the west of them, particularly on the Wabash and 

 at the mouth of Cumberland ; used for shingles in 

 the Illinois. 



10. Q, Laurifolia^ swamp willow oak. 



Height 65 feet, bark plain, branches straight, 

 leaves almost sessile, ovo-lanceoiated, extending l>e- 

 neath to an acute angle, entire, smooth and shining, 

 cup turbinated, acorn almost globular, a little 

 larger than the willow oak.... Grows in thick forests 

 on sea coast of Souch Carolina and Georgia, wood 

 of good quality, i)ut, interior to live oak ; of this 

 there is a variety, viz. 



Q, JLaurifoiia^ hybrida. 



Obtiised leaved, swamp willow oak. It grows in 

 the banks of creeks running through sandy soils ; and 



