MONOECIA TKIANDRIA. 603 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 445. Mich. 2. p. 200. Pursh, 2. p. 630. Nutt. 2. p. 214. 
Icon. Mich. Querc. t. 35—3 6. Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 126. 
A large tree growing 70 — 80 feet in height, and 3 — 4 in diameter. Leaves 
glabrous, sinuate, with the re-entering angles frequently acute, the lobes very 
acute and very acutely notched, mucronate. Petioles 2 — 4 inches long. 
Fruit abundant. Nut ovate, mucronate, nearly truncate at base. Cup shal- 
low, very flat, sessile. 
This species has a strong affinity to the Q. Coccinea, but its leaves are 
generally larger, not so deeply sinuate, the base of the sinus more frequently 
acute, and in Autumn they change to a dull red and finally become yellow. 
The acorn also in this species is larger, and remarkable for its flat base and 
shallow cup. 
This tree is very abundant in the oak land of the upper districts of Caro- 
lina and Georgia. It is rare along the sea-coast. Its wood is used for 
staves, and rails for fences. Its bark is valuable to the tanner. For the 
purposes of the Architect, however, the timber of none of the “Red Oaks” 
is equal either in strength or durability to that of the different species and 
varieties of the White and Chesnut Oaks. 
Grows in dry soils. 
Flower^ April. 
16. Catesb®i. Mich. 
Q. foliis Iaevissime 
petiolatis, basi cunea- 
tis, oblongis, coriaceis, 
glabris, profunde sin- 
uatis, lobis divaricatis, 
acutis, mucronatis; cu- 
pula turbinata, ampla, 
squamis obtusis, margi- 
nalibus introflexis; nuce 
ovata. 
Leaves on very short 
petioles, wedge shaped 
at base, oblong, coria- 
ceous, glabrous, deeply 
sinuate, the lobes diva- 
ricate, acute, mucro- 
nate; cup turbinate, 
large, scales obtuse, 
those of the marginbent 
inwards; nut ovate. 
Mich. 2. p. 199- Sp. pi. 4. p. 446. Pursh, 2. p. 630. Nutt. 2. p. 214, 
Q. Lsevis? Walt. p. 234. 
Icon. Mich. Querc. t. 29, 30. Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 101. 
A small tree from 15 to 36 feet high, and rarely exceeding 12 inches in 
diameter, the branches and stem irregular and crooked. Leaves nearly ses- 
sile, coriaceous, glossy, deeply sinuate, the lobes very commonly simple, 
divaricate and falcate, sometimes bearing 1 or 2 acute teeth. Fruit not 
abundant. Nut rather ovate. Cup large for the size of the fruit, deep, in- 
closing commonly half of the acorn, sessile, and remarkable for its obtuse 
scales, which cover a portion of its inner surface. 
The leaves of this species are lobed very much like those of Q. Rubra. 
