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sericea. 
myrtifolia. 
virens» 
cin€7'ea» 
DICLINIA AMENTACEiE. QuercUS. 
3. Q. foliis deciduis lanceolato-oblongis integerrimis subun- 
datisbasi attennatis obtiisis^ apice dilatatis acutis siibtus 
sericeis, cupula scuteilata, glande subglobosa. — Willd. 
sp. pi. 4, p. 424. 
Q,. Phellos pumila. Mich, querc. t. 13./. 1. fsf 2. 
Q. Phellos sericea. Ait. hew. 3. p. 354. Abbot, insect. 2. 
t. 51. 
Q. pumila. Mich. arh. 2. p.S4. t. 15. IValt. fl. car. 234. 
Near the sea-coast : Carolina to Florida, Tp . May. v. v. 
The Running Oak is perhaps the smallest of all the 
species, scarcely ever exceeding two feet in height. 
4. Q. foliis perennantibus coriaceis oblongis integerrimis 
glabris utrinque acutis supra nitidis raargine revolutis. 
— WiUd. sp. pi. 4. p. 424. 
In Carolina. Willdenoiv. b * Leaves resemble 
those of Myrius communis with large leaves j the fruit 
is not knovvn. 
5. Q. foliis perennantibus coriaceis oblongo-ellipticis inte- 
gerrimis margine revolutis basi obtusis apice acutis 
muticis subtus stellatim pubescentibus, fructibus pe- 
dunculatis, cupula turbinata, squamis abbreviatis, 
glande oblonga * — Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 425. 
Q,. Phellos |8. Sp. pi. 1412. 
Q. sempervirens. Walt.Ji car. 234. 
Icon. Mich, querc. t. 10. ^ 11. Mich.arb. 11. Catesh. 
car. 1. t. It). 
Near the sea- coast : Virginia to Florida and Mississippi. 
l2 . May. v. v. The Live Oak grows to the height 
of forty or 6fty feet, spreading its branches, when in 
open places, extremely wide : it yields the finest and 
most durable ship- timber of any species known ; for 
which reason it is considered one of the most valuH' 
ble trees in America. 
6. Q, foliis perennantibus coriaceis lanceolato-oblongis inte- 
gerrimis margine revolutis basi attenuatis apice obtu- 
siusculis mucronatis subtus stellatim tomentosis, fruc- 
tibus sessilibus, cupula scutellata, glande subglobosa. 
— Willd. sp pi. 4. p. 425. 
Q. Phellos ,3. Ait. hew. 3. p. 354. 
Q. humilis. Walt.Ji. car. 234. 
Icon. Mich, querc. n. 8. t. 14. Mich. arb. 2. p. 80. 
t. 14. 
In dry barren soil and pine-forests : Virginia to Georgia. 
h - May, June. v. v. The l/pland Willow Oak 
