. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1591. , Q, nigi-a. midst of the woods. The leaves are of a very remarkable shape, being dilated towards the summit, like a pear, and armed, when young, â with 3 or 5 bristle-like points, which fall off when the leaf has attained its full size. Fig. 1594., from Michaux's Histowe des Chene
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1591. , Q, nigi-a. midst of the woods. The leaves are of a very remarkable shape, being dilated towards the summit, like a pear, and armed, when young, â with 3 or 5 bristle-like points, which fall off when the leaf has attained its full size. Fig. 1594., from Michaux's Histowe des Chenes, shows these mucros on seedlings of one year's and two years' growth. The leaves are yel- lowish, and somewhat downy at their first unfolding in spring; but, when fully expanded, they become of a dark green above, and rusty beneath : tbey are also thick and leathery in their texture. In autumn, they turn of a blackish red, and fall with the first frost. The acorns (fig. 1366, g) are large, and half-covered with very scaly cups. The specific name of nigra was given to this oak, by Linnseus, on account of the blackness of its bark, and its general dark appearance. t 22. Q. aqua'tica Solanil. The Water Oak. Identijicatiim. Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew., ed 1., 3. p. ; Michx. Quer., No. 11.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 628. Synonyines. Q. fbliis cuneiformibus, &c., Gran. I^irg. ; Q. ft)iio non serrSto, Sic, Cat. Carol. ; a. nigra WiUd. Sp. PI., 1413.; Q. uligin5sa IVangh. Amer. t. 6. f. 18. Erigravirtgs. Michx. Quer., t. 19, 20, and 21.; and our fig. 1595. Spec. Char., S[c. Leaves wedge-shaped, smooth ; tapering at the base; dilated and obscurely 3-lobed at the end; the middle lobe largest. Calyx nearly hemispherical. Nut roundish. (WUld.) A middle-sized deciduous tree. Virginia, Carolina, and Florida. Height 40 ft. to 60 ft. Introd. before 1723. Varieties. ± Q. c. 2 nana. Q. aquatica Smith and Abb. Ins. ii. p. 117. t. S9.; Q. a. elongata Ait. Hort. Kew. v. p. 2
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