1. QUERCUS OBTUSILOBA. QUERCUS foliis subtomentosis, profunde sinuata lobatis, foliis retusis; basi acute cuneata : fructu mediocri; cupela craterata; glande brevi ovata. Tab. 1. Michaux. Jellichen. 14.436, taus Park Cat. in Wangenheim, p. 78. t. 6. f. 15. * ARBORETUM, HORTUS GLASNEVINENSIS. Chéne obtusilobe. Chéne gris. Upland white oak, iron oak. HEIGHT: about 50 feet. TRUNK straight: bark whitish; branches regular. FRUCTIFICATION. Male flowers: catkin or amen- COUNTRY. From Canada and New England to * QUERCUS stellata. Willd. Sp. Pl. v: 4. p. 452. spec. 71. Q. foliis oblongis sinuatis subtus pubescentibus, lobis obtusis, superioribus dilatatis bilobis, calycibus fructus hemisphoricis. W. Florida, and under the same latitudes to the west of the Allegany mountains. OBSERVATIONS. This tree seldom grows in low or moist situations, and its fruit is always abundant: wild animals seek for its acorns, and all the pedunculated species, besides those which are annual. Its wood is valued for all economical purposes, and it is preferred to all others, for stakes and palisades, as it does not rot for a length of time; it is also employed in the building of houses, ships, &c. The Americans in general call this species, and the Quercus alba of Linnæus, white oak, because both have a whitish bark; but they well know how to distinguish one from the other, when they wish to apply them to the different purposes peculiar to each. Many authors have confounded these two oaks with the Quercus robur, or common oak, and which they resemble much in the shape of their leaves, the form of the fruit, and even the quality of the wood. Clayton, Gronovius, and Marshal appear to be well acquainted with the distinction, and Wangenheim has most satisfactorily distinguished the two species, and given an exact figure of each. 2. QUERCUS |