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▼sr/ variable in size, sometimes not above four feet, 
at others nearly twenty feet high. The younger Mi- 
chaux considers Q. nana of Willdenow to be only a 
variety of the present species j which I very much 
doubt. 
7. Q. foliis deciduis oblongis utrinqne acutis mucronatis in- 
tegerrimis nitidis subtus pubescentibus, cupula scu- 
teliata : squamis lato-ovatis, glande subglobosa. — 
Willd. sp. pl. 4. p. 428. 
Icon. Mich. querc. n. Q. t. 15. ^ iQ. Mich. ari. 2. 
p.ys.t.is. 
On the banks of rivers, within the Allegany mountains, 
and in the western countries thereof, . May, June. 
V. V, The Shingle Oak rises to about forty or fifty 
feet. The younger Michaux considers the wood of this 
species of little value. 
S. Q.. foliis deciduis obovato-lanceolatis acutis basi attenua- 
tis integerrimis utrinque glabris, cupula scutellata : 
squamis lanceolatis, glande subovata.—-//^2//r/. sp. 
pl. 4. p. 427. 
Icon. Mich. querc. n. IO. 17* 
GL. foliis apice obtusis. Mich. querc. t. 18. 
In South Carolina and Georgia. T? . May. v. v. The 
Laurei Oak, oras it is sometimes called SwampWillow 
Oak, is about fifty or sixty feet high : its wood, ac- 
cording to the elder Michaux, is very valuable, and 
almost preferable to that of Q. virens. For what rea- 
son the younger Michaux does not mention this spe- 
cies, I cannot tell, unless he considers it only a variety 
of the preceding j which most certainly is not the case, 
f f Foliis dentatis aut Ireviter hiatis. 
9. Cl. foliis subrotundo-ovatis subcordatis utrinque glabris 
remote spinoso-deiitatis, cupula hemisphaerica ; squa- 
mis laxis, glande ovata acuta. — IVilld. sp. pl. 4. 
p.43J. 
Icon. Pluk. phytogr. t. 196./, 3 ? 
On the north-west coast, about Nootka Sound. Nee. 
^ 2 . +. 
10. Q. foliis longe petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis oblongisve in- 
tegris vel inaequaliter grandidentatis, cupula hemi- 
sphaerica, glande subglobosa.— MicA. arl.2.p.Sy. 
Icon. Miclfi.L c.t. 16. 
On the banks of the Delaware, Pensylvania. Tj • May. 
V. V. Of this singular species there is but one indivi- 
imlricarta. 
hurifolia. 
oblusa^ 
agrifolia^ 
heterophyllai 
