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but the lobes are much more simple, the leaf itself is more coriaceous and 
sessile, and the fruit and tree altogether distinct. 
It is not used at all as timber. Its wood makes excellent fuel, and its bark 
is valuable to the tanner, but is not easily procured. 
Grows in dry, poor, sandy soils; the largest that I have seen are to be 
found on the Sea-Islands. 
Flowers April. 
17. Falcata. Michaux. 
Q. foliis longe peti- 
olatis, basi obtusis, sub- 
tus tomentosis, trilobis, 
sinuatis, lobis subfal- 
catis, setaceo-mucrona- 
tis, terminali elongato; 
glande globosa. 
Leaves on long pe- 
tioles, obtuse at base, 
tomentose underneath, 
3-lobed or sinuate, 
lobes somewhat falcate, 
mucronate, the termi- 
nal one long; nut glo- 
bular. 
Mich. 2. p. 199. Pursh, 2. p. 631. Nutt. 2. p. 214. 
Q. Elongata, Sp. pi. 4. p. 444. 
Q. Rubra, Walt. p. 234. 
Icon. Mich. Querc. t. 28. Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 104. 
This is one of our largest trees, growing 70 to 80 feet in height, and in 
favourable situations 3 — 4, and sometimes 5 feet in diameter, having gene- 
rally a straight trunk and large branches regularly expanding. Leaves on 
long petioles, deeply lobed, lobes in general not numerous (3—5) falcate, 
simple, acute, mucronate, smooth and glossy on the upper surface, covered 
with a dense tomentum underneath. Nut small, abuiidant, ovate. Cup 
shallow, somewhat turbinate on a short peduncle. 
This, along the sea-coast of Carolina and Georgia, is the most common 
species of Oak, particularly in soils that are dry and only moderately fertile. 
Its wood is principally used for staves, or more commonly consumed for 
fencing or as fuel. Its bark, however, is preferred to that of evhry other 
species of Oak for tanning. 
Var. a . Triloba. 
Q. foliis cuneiformi- 
bus, basi obtusis, apice 
subaequaliter trilobis, 
mucronatis, supra gla- 
bris, subtus tomentosis. 
Leaves wedge shap- 
ed, obtuse at base, 
nearly equally 3-lobed 
at the summit, mucron- 
ate, glabrous on the 
upper surface, tomen- 
tose underneath. 
