. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Turkey Oak 287 pressed-hairy scales. The leaves are obovate to ovate in outline, 8 to 20 cm. long; the 3 to 5 lobes are oblong, ovate or narrowly lanceolate, bristle-tipped, sometimes coarsely toothed, the sinuses rounded and deep, the base wedge-shaped. They are thick and stiff, yellowish green and shining, with a broad, raised midrib above, paler, shining and smooth, except for the tufts of hairs in the axils of the pri
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Turkey Oak 287 pressed-hairy scales. The leaves are obovate to ovate in outline, 8 to 20 cm. long; the 3 to 5 lobes are oblong, ovate or narrowly lanceolate, bristle-tipped, sometimes coarsely toothed, the sinuses rounded and deep, the base wedge-shaped. They are thick and stiff, yellowish green and shining, with a broad, raised midrib above, paler, shining and smooth, except for the tufts of hairs in the axils of the princi- pal veins beneath, turning brown or dull yellow before falling in the autumn; leaf-stalk stout, flattened and grooved, to i cm. long. The flowers appear in March or April with the leaves, the staminate in clustered slender hairy, simple or branched catkins 10 to cm. long; calyx with 4 or 5 sharp lobes; anthers. Fig. 239. — Turkey Oak. oblong, pointed, and yellow. The pistillate flowers are on short, hairy stalks, their involucral scales bright red and hairy, their styles elongated and dark red. The fruit ripens in the autumn of the second year, usually solitary on a stout stalk about 6 mm. long; nut ovoid to oblong, 2 to cm. long, dull, white-woolly at the apex; cup top-shaped, to 2 cm. across, thin, light reddish brown, slightly hairy on inner surface, embracing about one third of the nut, its upper scales thin, ovate to oblong, blunt, hairy, inflexed over the edge of cup so as to form a rim or border about 3 mm. wide. The wood is hard, strong, rather coarse-grained, light reddish brown; its specific gravity is about It is extensively used for fuel but not known to be used for other purposes. This tree is valuable on account of its rapid growth in the sterile soils in which. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations m
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