. The American entomologist. Entomology. Lauril or Shingle 0:ik {(iucrcus imbricaria, Mii;li.\.) 3. The Shingle Oak (Querciis imbricaria, Mx.) This is a tree of moderate size, with a roundish dense head, smoothish black bark, leaves four to live inches long, thick and shining, oblong or lance oblong, acute pointed, with a very short petiole, sometimes slightly wavy on the mai'giu, but not toothed, and the under surface downy when young. The acorn is roundish, small, half an inch long, the cup shallow and enclosing about one-fourth of the acorn. This tree is quite common in some parts of the We
. The American entomologist. Entomology. Lauril or Shingle 0:ik {(iucrcus imbricaria, Mii;li.\.) 3. The Shingle Oak (Querciis imbricaria, Mx.) This is a tree of moderate size, with a roundish dense head, smoothish black bark, leaves four to live inches long, thick and shining, oblong or lance oblong, acute pointed, with a very short petiole, sometimes slightly wavy on the mai'giu, but not toothed, and the under surface downy when young. The acorn is roundish, small, half an inch long, the cup shallow and enclosing about one-fourth of the acorn. This tree is quite common in some parts of the Western States, becoming more abundant farther south, and reaching west to the headwaters of tlie Arkan- sas river. Its wood is of little value, making even poor shingles. It is known in ditiereut localities by diflbrent names, as Laurel Oak, Tin Oak, Black Jack, and Shingle Oak. A form or variety of Oak which has been con- sidered a hybrid, has been known in a few localities for many years as Qnercus Leana. A description of this tree, by Dr. F. Brcndel, in whose vicinity it grows, will be found at the close of this article. [Kig. 1!)7 ]. sby). 4. The "Water Oak (Quercus aquutica, Catcsby.) Tills tree is a native of the Southern States. It grows from 40 to 60 feet high, the wood is tough, the bark smooth, or in the old trees slightly furrowed. The leaves are very peculiar in form, being somewhat wedge-shaped, or rather with a long and narrow wedge-shaped base, expanded at the top into a somewhat three-lobed, obovate summit. They are smooth aud shining, about three inches long, and the summit one to one and a half inches broad. The acorn is about half an inch long, cup shallow, half an inch broad. 5. Black Jack, or Jack Oak (Q. nigra, Linn., Wind.) A small sized tree from 15 to 25 or 30 feet high, with thick, rough, black bark, grow- ing mostly in thin, poor soil, usually forming a dense roundish head. The leaves are thick and leathery in texture, five or six inches long, exp
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