UNITED STATES'. 



This is a very rare species, which has been pre- 

 viously noticed l\y Kalm. 



15. Quercus banisteri. nigra fiumila^ or 

 black dwarf oak of Marshall. 



Running downy oak. 



Height six to nine feet ; leaves long, petiolated, 

 divided into five lobes, forming as many sharp an- 

 gles^ and always entire; whitish, or ash-coloured 

 underneath ; acorns very small, and nearly round, 

 two upon each peduncle, cup somewhat turbinated. 

 Grows in Massachusetts, New York, and New Jer- 

 sey,* in clayey and cold grounds. It is always small, 

 and seems adapted to live fences, as well as the q. 

 triloba. 



16. Quercus falcata, O. rubra montana^ or up- 

 land oak of Marshall. 



Height f]-om 55 to 64 feet, petioles long, obtuse at 

 the base, palmared, the lobes a little divided at their 

 summit, and often curved outwardly, cup shallow, the 

 scales slightly adhesive, acorn small and round. 

 Grows from Virginia to Florida. Before this tree 

 arrives at maturity, it produces leaves, the lateral 

 and intermediate divisions of which are subdivided, 

 and in this state of variation, the lobes are strait. 

 This character shews its affinity with the q. triloba, 

 in consequence of which it is difficult to distinguish 

 these trees from one another, but when fully grown, 

 they take on their individual proper character. 



[In Pennsylvania this species is called Spanish 

 oak ; Marshall says it has some varieties differing 

 in the size of their fruit and leaves, and that the 



* And in Pennsylvania. Michaux, jtin. 



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