MONOECIA POLYANDRIA. 
611 
26. Chinquapin. Mich. 
Q. foliis obovatis, 
obtusis, glabris, grosse 
dentatis, dentibus sub- 
uequalibus, dilatatis, 
apice callosis; calyce 
fructus hemisphaerico; 
mice parva ovata. 
Leaves obovate, ob- 
tuse, glabrous, coarse- 
ly toothed, teeth nearly 
equal, dilated, callous 
at the point; calyx of 
the fruit hemispherical; 
nut small, ovate. 
Q. Prinus Pumila, Mich. 2. p. 196. 
Q. Prinoides, Sp. pi. 4. p. 440. 
Icon. Mich. Querc. t. 9. fig. 1. Mich. arb. for. p. 64. 
A small shrub 3 — 4 feet high, Stem slender, smooth. Leaves on short 
petioles, oblong-lanceolate, coarsely toothed, glaucous underneath, slightly 
pubescent when young, glabrous when mature. Fruit very abundant. Nut 
very small, ovate. Cup sessile. 
This small Odk grows in sterile rocky soils, and is most common near the 
base of the Mountains. According to Michaux, it rarely occurs solitary, but 
generally covers patches of from 50 to 100 acres, frequently intermingled 
with the Q. Ilicifolia, and bears its acorns so abundantly, as frequently to 
bend to the earth under their weight. In my specimens the fruit is very 
small, and more covered with the cup. than in the figure given by Michaux, 
arb. for. 1. c. 
Flowers. 
CORYLUS. Gen. Pl. 1450. 
Masculi. Amentum 
imbricatum. Calyx 
squama. Corolla 0. 
Stamina 8. 
Foeminei. Calyx 2- 
partitus, lacerus. Co- 
rolla 0. Styli 2. Nux 
ovata, calyce persist- 
ente cincta. 
Sterile Jlorets. A- 
ment imbricate. Ca- 
lyx a scale. Corolla 0. 
Stamens 8. 
Fertile Jlorets. Ca- 
lyx 2-parted, torn. 
Corolla 0. Styles 2. 
Nut ovate, surrounded 
by the persistent calyx. 
1. Americana. Walt. 
C. foliis subrotundis, Leaves nearly round, 
cordatis, acuminatis; cordate, acuminate; ca- 
