. The American entomologist and botanist. plant flowered early iu April,and the specimen was placed in the hands ofDr. Torrey, to allow him to confirm his originalobservations, made upon dry materials, and hewill probably add what may be necessary to com-plete the history of this interesting plant, (i. T. We learn from a correspondent (Mr. JohnWilliamson) that New Albany, Indiaua, has aSociety of Natural History which has about 200members that pay their dues and arc interestedin its welfare. Geology, Entomology, Conch-ology. Botany, etc., are represented by gentle-men well posted iu those vari
. The American entomologist and botanist. plant flowered early iu April,and the specimen was placed in the hands ofDr. Torrey, to allow him to confirm his originalobservations, made upon dry materials, and hewill probably add what may be necessary to com-plete the history of this interesting plant, (i. T. We learn from a correspondent (Mr. JohnWilliamson) that New Albany, Indiaua, has aSociety of Natural History which has about 200members that pay their dues and arc interestedin its welfare. Geology, Entomology, Conch-ology. Botany, etc., are represented by gentle-men well posted iu those various branches. Webelieve some geutleiuen of Louisville, Ky., alsointend organizing a society. Dr. E. S. Crozier,of that city, edits a column of Popular Sciencein the Louisville Commercial. EuuATA.—Page 288, column 2, line 12, for• Fraximus read Frcixinu-f; same column,line 22, for apetatous read apetalous; samecolumu, line 2U, for Acu read Acer. 316 THE AMERICAN DESCRIPTION OP QUERCUS LEANA. BY DR. P. BRENUEL, IEOltIA, ILL.[Fig. 190.]. Qucrcus Lcana, Nutt. • Quercus leana, Nutt, is a biennial fruitedOak, with deciduous leaves, which are obovaleand mostly three-lobcd at the apex, tlie lobesare bristle-pointed, toinentose when young, atlast becoming nearly smooth. The fruit is shortpeduncled, single or in twos, the cup hemis-pherical, with a conical scaly base, half an inchwide; the acorn globular, half an inch long,about half immersed. This Oak seems to be a hybrid between and Q. coccinea; the general ap-pearance is that of the former; the leaves arenearly entire, but the texture is not so firm asin Q. imbricaria, and of the old ones both sidesare glabrous, when in a young state they aremore tomentose, so that on the upper side the nervation is often hardly visible, as in Q. coc-cinea, to which it approaches in the muchsmaller fruit, the cup being deeper than that ofQ. imbricaria, the scales looser and more dis-tinct; the acorn has at the apex a blunt conicalkn
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