MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
605 
Q. Triloba, Sp. pi. 4 . p. 443 . Mich. 2. p. 199. Pursh, 2. p. 629. 
Icon. Mich. Querc. t. 26. 
This variety grows promiscuously with the preceding, and resembles it 
entirely in size, habit and appearance; yet, I do not recollect to have seen 
any tree bearing indiscriminately the 3-lobed and falcate leaves. If not a 
distinct species, it is certainly a very permanent variety. 
These two trees are called by the inhabitants Red Oak or Spanish Oak. 
Where I have seen any distinction made, Red Oak was applied to the Q. 
Triloba — Spanish Oak to the Q. Falcata. 
Grows in dry soils, moderately fertile. 
Flowers April. 
Var. b. Pagod^folia. 
Q. foliis oblongis, 
multilobatis, basi sub 
acutis, lobis simplici- 
bus, divaricatis, mucro 
natis, sub oppositis, 
subtus pubescentibus; 
nuce ovata. 
Leaves oblong, ma- 
ny lobed, nearly acute 
at base, lobes simple, 
divaricate, mucronate, 
generally opposite, pu- 
bescent underneath; 
nut ovate. 
This tree, which has a strong affinity to the Q. F alcata, may deserve a 
further examination. Its leaves on petioles 2 — 3 inches long, have fre- 
quently 11 — 13 lobes generally opposite, simple, acute, and diminishing 
very regularly upwards from the first or second pair; the under surface is 
only pubescent, not tomentose. The acorn is small, ovate. The tree itself 
large. 
This tree I first noticed on the banks of the Roanoke in North-Carolina, 
along the road from Petersburg to Raleigh. I have since seen it near 
Granby, South-Carolina, growing in both places in rich swamp land. 
W 
18 . Ilicifolia. 
Wangenheim. 
Q,. foliis longe petio- 
latis, obovato-cuneifor- 
mibus, tri-quinquelobis, 
margine integerri- 
mis, subtus cinereo to- 
mentosis, lobis setaceo 
mucronatis; nuce sub- 
globosa. 
Leaves on long peti- 
ole, obovate, wedge- 
shaped, 3 — 5 lobed, en- 
tire along the margin, 
cinereous and tomen- 
tose underneath, the 
lobes mucronate; nut 
nearly spherical. 
