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2. Quercus alba minor. Barren White Oak . 
This grows generally upon poor, barren, or wafte 
land, riling perhaps to the height of thirty or forty 
feet, covered with fcaly greyifh bark. The leaves 
are fo me what rough, but of a fhining green above, 
fomewhat paler underneath ; they are fmuated deep- 
ly, moil obtufely, and irregularly; the lobes or pro- 
ductions (if I may be allowed the expreflion) are 
obtufe, often fomewhat angular, and very irregular. 
The acorns are fmall and ftriped. The timber is ac- 
counted very durable for pods, to fet in the earth ; 
otherwife not much efteerned unlefs for fuel. 
3. Quercus alba paluflris. Swamp White Oak . 
This becomes a pretty large fpreadlng tree, of two 
or three feet in diameter and of proportionable height. 
The bark is often rougher or more furrowed than 
the other kinds, and greyifh coloured. The leaves 
are fomewhat wedge-fhaped or narrowed towards the 
bafe, and toothed on their edges and extremities. 
The acorns are larger and rounder than thofe of the 
common White Oak, and have larger and thicker 
cups, fupported often by pairs upon a long, ftrong 
footflalk. 
# # Quercus nigra. Black Oak . 
4. Quercus nigra. Common Fennfyhanian Black 
Oak . 
This grows to the height of fixty or feventy feet, 
and to three or four feet in diameter, with large 
fpreading branches. The leaves are large, fpread- 
ing, and fomewhat woolly; their foetftalks longer 
than thofe of the White Oak. They are irregular- 
