WHILE I AM ON THE OAKS, I WANT TO SAY A WORD ABOUT THE SUPPOSED 
SPECIFIC IDENTITY OF BOTH ARE ABUNDANT ALLffeC 
OVER NORTH MISS!,; I HAVE LIVED IN THE WOOOsf^ORMEO BY THEM^ Q. FALCATA 
and FERRUGLNEA FOR l8 YEARS, AND HAVE FAILED TO FIND ANY TBAN^(TlON 
FORMS BETWEEN ANY OF THESE. FROM CHILDHOOD UP, THEY ARE SO CONSISTENT- 
LY^AND decidedly distinct, THAT NO ONE AT ANY TIME FAILS TO DISTINGUISH 
THEM AT THE FIRST GLANCE, IN THE WOODS ^ THE ROUND, WHITE-BARKED SHOOTS 
OF COCCINEA, WITH LEAVESDEEPLY AND SHARPLY SINUATE AND LOBES ACUTE, CON 
CONTRAST STRONGLY WITH THE DARK AND HABITUALLY RIBBED YOUNG SHOOTS OF 
O. TINCTGRIA, WITH DARK LEAVES SOMETIMES SO OBTUSELY LOBED AS TO AP- 
PEAR ONLY UNDULATE. THE TEXTURE OF THE LEAVES, TOO, IS ALTOGETHER DIF- 
FERBNT; THOSE OF COCC. ARE ALWAYS SOFTER AND LESS BRITTLE, AND OF NEA- 
LY THE SAME.SHADE OF COLOR ABOVE^^ANO BENEA TH; THAT SHADE Al£IAYS A GREAT 
DEAt'^IGMTER THAN IN TINCTORIA, SO AS TO DISTINGUISH THE TREE AT A LONG 
DISTANCE. IN AUTUMN THEY BECOME, NOT DARK VENOU^tS BLOOD-RED, LIKE Tl NCi; 
BUT 0A BRIGHT, ARTERIAL SCARLET, ESPECIALLY AT FIRST. THE TRONIC, I S OF 
r Czrcryi^e^ 
A. DIFFERENT HABIT, AND ITS THIN, SMOOTH, WHITE BARK SHINES TO A DISTANGEV 
THE WOOD IS QUITE DIFFERENT, MORE BRITTLE, LESS FIBROUS, SPLITS MUCH MOFE 
easily than TINCT., and is greatly INFERIOR TO THE LATTER BOTH AS FIRE- 
WOOD. AND FOR ALMOST EVERY OTHER PURPOSE. THE ACORNS, SC VARIABLE IN G. 
TINCTORIA, ARE ALWAYS EASILY IDENTIFIED IN COCC., BEING OF VERY CHAR. 
habit. IN SHORT, THE TWO RESEMBLE EACH OTHER. ONLY IN THE FORM OF THE 
LEAVES OF OLD TREES, AND DIFFER AS WIDELY IN EVERY OTHER RESPECT AS AL&i 
AND OBTUSILOBA. IN DRIED SPECIMENS, THE RESEMBLANCE IS GREATER; BUT 
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