CHAP. CV.

CORYLA CE^E. QUE'RCUS.

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FI. Amer. Sept, 2. p. 625.; N. Du Ham., 7- p. 150.; Smith and Abb. Ins., 2. p. 181.; Michx. Quer.,No. 7.; Smith in Rees’s Cycl., No. 1.

Synonymes. Q- virginfena, &c., Pluk. Aim., p. 180.; Q. /'lex marylandica Rail Hist. PI.

Engravings. Catesb. Carol., 1. 1.16. ; Abb. Ins., 2. t. 91.; Michx. Quer., 1.12. ; Pluk. Aim., t. 441.f. 7.; our/^. 1774. j and the plates of this tree in our last Volume.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves membranaceous, linear, lanceolate; tapering at eachend, entire, smooth, with a small point. Nut roundish. {Smith and Willd.)A tree, 60ft. or 70ft. high, in some soils and situations; and in others ashrub of diminutive growth.

Varieties.

I (J. P. 1 sylvdticus Michx. Hist, des Chenes, No. vii. t. 12,; Wang.Amer., t. 5. f. 11.; and ourp'zg. 1774.; has theleaves long and narrow on old trees, and tri-lobed on seedlings, as in Jig. 1771.; and persis-tent, or deciduous, according to soil and situ-ation. A tree, growing to the height of about60 ft. Introduced in 1723. There is a tree inthe Hackney arboretum 22 ft. high.

I Q. P.2 latifolius Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836; and theplate of this tree in our lastjVolume.—A tree,with the leaves rather broader than those ofthe preceding form. There is a plant at Messrs. Loddiges’s 15ft,high.

& Q. P. 3 hUmilis Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., ii. p. 625., Catesb., i. t. 22., Wangh. Amer., t. 5.f. 12., has shorter leaves, which are deciduous. A shrub of low straggling growth.

J* Q. P. 4 sericem ; Q. Phellos Smith and Abb. [ns., ii. t. 51.; Q. P. ptlmilus Michx. Hist, desCh&nes, t. 13. f. 1, and 2.; Q. humilior salicis foliis brevior ; the Highland Willow Oak;<2. sericea Willd. Sp. PL, iv. p. 424., Pursh FI. Amer. Sept.Ai. p. 626. j N. Du Ham., vii.p. 150., Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 3.; Q. pilmila Michx. N. Amer. Syl., i. t. 17.; andoxxt fig- 1772. The running Oak. — This curious little oak is. the smallest of the genus,being only 20 in., or at most 2 ft., in height. The leaves are entire, smooth, or of anelongated oval shape, and about 2 in. long : they are of a reddish tint in spring, turninggreen as the season advances, and are deciduous. The acorns are small, and round ;and they are few in number, because the stem of the plant is burnt down to the groundalmost every spring, by the fires kindled in the forests to consume the dead grass ; and,as this oak belongs to those whose fructification is biennial, the acorns are destroyedbefore they reach maturity. This plant is confined to the maritime parts of the Caro-lines, Georgia, and the Floridas; and it springs in the pine barrens, amid the numerousvarieties of whortleberry and other plants which overspread the ground, wherever thereis a little moisture in the soil, and the layer of vegetable mould is a few inches thick.

¥ ^ Q- P- 5 cinlreus ; Q. P. y Lin. Sp. PL, 1412.; Q. P. (3 cin^reus Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1.,iii. p. 354.; Q. htimilis Walt. Carol., 234.: Q. cinfcrea Willd. Sp. PL, iv. p. 425., Ait. Hort.Kew., ed. 2.,v. p. 288., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., ii. p. 626., N. Du Ham., vii, p. 151., Smith

m ifees’s Cycl ., No. 6., Michx. N. Amer. Syl., i. 1.16.; and our Jig. 1773. The UplandWillow Oak,—This kind varies so much, both in height and general appearance, thatindividual plants have frequently been taken for distinct species. It is only found in themaritime parts of the southern states, where it is little multiplied in comparison withmany other species; and is dispersed in small groups in the forests of white pine