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ly and fometimes pretty deeply fmuated, the angles 
or produ&ions unequal, generally obtufe, yet with 
their veins extending in a briftly point. The acorns 
are roundifh and not large, fitting in thick fcaly cups. 
There is, I think, a variety of this of much fihaller 
growth, with larger leaves and differing fomewhat 
in the fruit. Our common Black Oak is ufed much 
(where Cedar is fcarce) for making fhingles, and 
alfo for rails, & c. 
5. Quercus nigra 
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This grows naturally in low lands, rifing to the 
height of thirty or forty feet, with a trunk of con- 
fiderable thicknefs, covered with a rough blackifh 
bark. The leaves are finuated, or divided towards 
their extremities into two or three pretty long, fome- 
what fingerdhaped lobes, of unequal length, with 
others fhorter, fometimes at the Tides; all of which 
end in a briftly point. The acorns are final!, but 
the cups pretty large. 
6. Quercus nigra trifida. Maryland Black 
Oak . 
This grows naturally in Maryland, and other low 
lands, with a trunk of eighteen inches or two feet 
in diameter, and thirty or forty feet in height. The 
leaves are wedge-fhaped, or narrowed towards the 
bafe, and three-pointed, with briftly terminationSo 
The acorns and cups refemble the laft mentioned. 
7. Quercus nigra integrifolia. Entire-leaved 
Black Oak. 
This grows about the fize of the other low-land 
Black Oak, and is of the fame appearance, except 
the 
digitata. Finger-leaved 
ck Oak. 
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