606 
MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 447. Nutt 2. p. 215. 
Q. Banisteri, Mich. 2. p. 199. Pursh, 2. p. 631. 
Icon. Mich. Querc. t. 2J. Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 96. 
A small shrubby Oak, generally growing from 3 — 4 feet high, sometimes 
8 — 10. Leaves cuneate, usually 5-lobed, the lobes rather acute and mu- 
cronate, the upper surface smooth, the under covered with a white tomen- 
tum. Petioles about an inch long. Fruit so abundant as sometimes to cover 
the branches. Nut ovate. Cup large for the size of the acorn, shallow, 
Mich. 
Grow in dry, poor, gravellf soils— New- York to Georgia, Muhl. I have 
never seen this species in our low country. 
Flowers. 
Fructficatio an- 
nua; folia mutica. 
f Foliis lobatis. 
Fructification 
annual ; leaves unown- 
ed. 
f Leaves lobed. 
19. Obtusiloba. Michaux. 
Q. foliis oblougis, 
sinuatis, basi cuneatis, 
subtus pubescentibus, 
lobis obtusis, superiori- 
bus dilatatis; calycibus 
fructus hemisphaericis, 
nuce ovali. 
Leaves oblong, si- 
nuate, cuneate at base, 
pubescent underneath, 
lobes obtuse, the upper 
dilated; calyx of the 
fruit hemispherical; nut 
oval. 
Mich. 2. p. 194. Pursh, 2. p. 632. Nutt. 2. p. 215. 
Q. Stellata, Sp. pi. 4. p. 452. 
Q. Villosa? Walt. p. 235. 
Icon. Mich. Querc. t. 1. Mich. arb. for. p. 36. 
A tree generally from 30—40 feet high, and 1 — 2 in diameter, but some- 
times attaining a height of 50 — 60 feet, and a diameter of 3 — 4; branches 
generally straggling, irregular, and the foliage not dense. Leaves on short 
petioles generally 5-lobed, the upper lobes dilated and emarginate, or bi- 
lobed; all very obtuse, glabrous on the upper surface, covered with a stel- 
lular pubescence underneath. Nut oblong. Cup hemispherical, inclosing 
nearly half of the acorn. 
This tree is very common in cold, stiff, gravelly soils. Its timber is sup- 
posed in strength and durability to surpass that of any other species of the 
Oak, except the Live Oak; and, therefore, it is highly prized when it can be 
