. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. stly obtuse but sometimes truncate orrounded at base, pinnately lobed generally to aboutthe middle with round-pointed sinuses and usually7 more or less oblique lobes sparingly mucronate-dentate at apex, broader at base and the terminalpair the largest, red at first then hoary-pubescentand at maturity lustrous dark green above, palerand pubescent and hairy-tufted in the axils of theveins beneath. Leaves are sometimes found hardlydistinguishable from those of the Scarlet : stamina
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. stly obtuse but sometimes truncate orrounded at base, pinnately lobed generally to aboutthe middle with round-pointed sinuses and usually7 more or less oblique lobes sparingly mucronate-dentate at apex, broader at base and the terminalpair the largest, red at first then hoary-pubescentand at maturity lustrous dark green above, palerand pubescent and hairy-tufted in the axils of theveins beneath. Leaves are sometimes found hardlydistinguishable from those of the Scarlet : staminate aments 4-6 in. long with calyxpubescent and acute lobes : pistillate aments withshort tomentose peduncles and red solitary or in pairs, sessile or short-stalkedwith stout ovoid brown and often striated andsometimes pubescent acorn. i/^-% in. long, almosthalf covered with the deep turbinate cup withthin light brown scarious margined scales, closelyimbricated at the base and loosely so or somewhatspreading nearer the edgps of the cup. 1. Syn. Quercus tinctoria Bartr. 2. A. W., IV,
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