UiCLtifiA AMEi^TACE^. Castanet. 
Itiost useful trees of the forests, the wood being ex- 
tremely durable, and in high esteem for posts and rails 
to construct tences. The nuts are very delicious, 
C. foliis oblongis acutis mucronato-serratis subtus albo- 
tomentosis. — Willd. sp. pl. A, p. 401. 
Fagus pumila. Sp.pl. 1418. 
Icon. Mich. arb. ‘l. p. 106. t. Wbngh. amer, tc I9. 
f. 44. Abbot, insect, t. 57. Caiesb. car. 1. t. 9. 
Pluk. aim. t. 150.jf. 2. 
In dry barren and sandy fields and woods : New Jersey 
to Georgia, b • This small tree, 
or rather shrub, grows to the height of thirty feet 
and upwards in the southern regions, but to the north 
it seldom exceeds seven or eight feet. The fruit is 
very sweet and agreeable to eat, and is generally known 
by the name of Chinquapin. 
700. QUERCUS. Gen. pi. 1446. 
* Ffuctificatio biennis ,* fructibus subsessilibus ; foliis setaceo» 
mucronatis, (in specie 1. muticis.) 
f Foliis integerrimis. 
1. Q. foliis deciduis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis 
integerrimis glabris mucronatis, cupula scutellata, 
glande subrotunda.' — Willd. sp. pl.4. p. 423. 
Q. Phellos sylvatica. Mich. querc. n. J. 
Icon. Mich. l. c. t. 12. Mich. arb. 2. i. 12. Catesb. 
car. 1. t. 10. Abbot, insect .2. t. 91. IVangh. amer, 
t. 5.f 11. Pluk. amalth.t, 4A\.f. 7. 
j3. Q.. foliis brevioribus. Catesb. car. 1, t. 22. Wangh. 
amer. t. 5. f. 12. 
In low swampy forests, near the sea-coast: New Jersey 
to Florida, b • May. v. v. The Willow Oak grows 
to the height of about fifty or sixty feet. The young 
leaves are dentated. The variety /3. is of low strag- 
gling growth. 
2. Q. foliis perennantibus coriaceis lanceolatis integerrimis 
glabris basi attenuatis, apice acutis mucronatis, cupula 
scutellata, glande subrotunda.— IFi/W. sp. pl. 4. 
p 424. 
Q. phellos maritima. Mich. querc. t. 13. jf 1. 
On the sea-coast of Virginia and Carolina, b • May, 
June. V. V. A low shrubby species, from three to 
eight feet high. 
Phellos. 
humilis. 
maritima. 
