. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 9. Quercus pagodaefolia (Ell.) Ashe. Elliott's Oak. Fig. 1522. Q, falcata pagodaefolia Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 605. 1824. Q. pagodaefolia Ashe, Bot. Gaz. 24 : 375. 1897. A tree, attaining a maximum height of about 100°, with a trunk diameter up to nearly 5°, the thick, close, scaly bark grayish-brown, the young twigs velvety-pubescent. Leaves ovate to oblo
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 9. Quercus pagodaefolia (Ell.) Ashe. Elliott's Oak. Fig. 1522. Q, falcata pagodaefolia Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 605. 1824. Q. pagodaefolia Ashe, Bot. Gaz. 24 : 375. 1897. A tree, attaining a maximum height of about 100°, with a trunk diameter up to nearly 5°, the thick, close, scaly bark grayish-brown, the young twigs velvety-pubescent. Leaves ovate to oblong in outline, 6-12' long, dark green and shining above, pale and persistently tomentose beneath, 5-11-lobed, the lobes and teeth bristle-tipped, the petiole 2' long or less; styles long, spreading; fruit maturing the second autumn, very short- stalked; cup shallowly top-shaped, its scales ob- long, pubescent; acorn subglobose, about 5" long and twice as long as the cup. Borders of swamps and streams, Massachusetts to Florida, Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas. 10. Quercus ilicifolia Wang. Bear or Scrub Oak. Fig. 1523. Quercus rubra nana Marsh. Arb. Am. 123. 1783. Quercus ilicifolia Wang. Amer. 79. pi. 6. f. 17. 1787. Quercus nana Sarg. Gard. & For. 8: 93. 1895. A shrub or rarely a small tree, often forming dense thickets, maximum height about 25°, and trunk diameter 6'; bark gray, nearly smooth. Leaves mostly obovate, 2'-$' long, short-petioled, dark green and glabrous above, grayish-white tomentu- lose beneath, 3-7-lobed, the lobes triangular-ovate, acute, bristle-tipped; styles recurved; fruit matur- ing the second autumn; cup saucer-shaped, 4"-6" broad, with a turbinate or rounded base; it's bracts lanceolate, appressed; acorn globose-ovoid, more or less longer than the cup. In sandy or rocky soil, Maine to Ohio, North Carolina and Kentucky. Wood hard, strong, light brown. May. Acorns ripe Oct.—Nov. Holly, bitter or barren oak. Bitter-bush or black scr
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