. 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. CatesbffiV. 1592. Q. CatesbcV. pretty large, of a blackish colour, and partly covered with a fine grey dust, which is easily rubbed off between the fingers : they are contained in thick cups, swollen towards the edge, with the upper scales bent inwards. The leaves vary very litt
. 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. CatesbffiV. 1592. Q. CatesbcV. pretty large, of a blackish colour, and partly covered with a fine grey dust, which is easily rubbed off between the fingers : they are contained in thick cups, swollen towards the edge, with the upper scales bent inwards. The leaves vary very little, as will be seen by Jig. 1592., in which a represents a seedling of one year's growth, and b a leaf from a plant two years old. § vi. Nigrce. Black American Oaks. Sect. Char., qc. Leaves wedge-shaped, or imperfectly lobed ; mucronated, but the nuicros generally dropping off when the leaves have attained their full size. Leaves dying off of a blackish green, and in America frequently per- sistent. Bark black, and not scaling off. Fructification biennial. Nut ovate, with a persistent style, and sometimes marked with dark lines. —Trees from 20ft. to 40 ft. high; and one of them, a miniature tree, often not exceeding 3 ft. in height. Rate of growth less rapid than in the preceding sections. S 21. Q. ni'gra L. The Black Jack Oak. Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1413. ; Michx. Quer., No. 12. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 629. St/nonymes. Q. marylandica, &c., Raii i Q. ferruginea Jl/icAj-. N. Amer. Syl. 1. p. 79. t. 20.; Q. aquitica Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836 ; Barrens Oak, Amer, Engravings. Michx. Quer., t. 22, 23.; and OMxfig. 1593. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves wedge-shaped, somewhat heart-shaped at the base; dilated, abrupt, and very slightly 3- lobed at the end; the middle lobe shortest, smooth above, rusty be- neath. Calyx hemispherical, with membranous scales. Nut roundish ovate. (Willd.) A low deciduous tree. New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced
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