. Botany, an elementary text for schools. Botany. 444. Quereus bieolor. 445. Quereus rubra. 446. Quereus eoccinea. Q. bieolor, Willd. Swamp white oak. Fig. 444. Leaves obovate, white-downy on their lower surface, toothed with squarish teeth, the bases wedge-shaped: acorn small, with the margin of the cup finely fringed. Common in low grounds and along ravines. Q. virens, Ait. Live oak. Leaves small, oblong, entire or sometimes spiny-toothed, thick and evergreen: acorn oblong, the nut about one-third covered with its scaly cup. Virginia, south. aa. Blatk oak group, distinguished by its dark fur
. Botany, an elementary text for schools. Botany. 444. Quereus bieolor. 445. Quereus rubra. 446. Quereus eoccinea. Q. bieolor, Willd. Swamp white oak. Fig. 444. Leaves obovate, white-downy on their lower surface, toothed with squarish teeth, the bases wedge-shaped: acorn small, with the margin of the cup finely fringed. Common in low grounds and along ravines. Q. virens, Ait. Live oak. Leaves small, oblong, entire or sometimes spiny-toothed, thick and evergreen: acorn oblong, the nut about one-third covered with its scaly cup. Virginia, south. aa. Blatk oak group, distinguished by its dark furrowed bark, pointed lobes of the leaves, and the acorns maturing the second year. Q. rilbra, Linn. Bed oak. Fig. 445. Leaves obovate or sometimes shorter, the 7-9 lobes triangular and pointing toward the tips: acorn large, flat-cupped. Common. Q. eoccinea, Wang. Scarlet oak. Fig. 446. Leaves obovate, bright scarlet in autumn, thin, smooth on the lower surface, the sinuses deep, wide, and rounded : margin of the acorn cup rounding inwards and the scales close: inner bark reddish. Common. Q. tinctdria, Bartr. Black oak. Fig. 447. Leaves obovate, coarser, downy on the lower surface until midsummer or later, wider towards the tip, the sinuses shallow (or sometimes as in the scarlet oak): margin of the acorn cup not rounding inwards and the scales looser: inner bark orange. 447 Quereus tiuctoria. 4. BfiTULA. Birch. Small to medium-sized trees, with sterile flowers in drooping, cylindrical catkins, 3 flowers with 4 short stamens being borne under each bract: fertile flowers in short, mostly erect catkins which become cones at maturity, 2 or 3 naked flowers being borne under each 3-lobed bract: fruit winged and seed- like: leaves simple, toothed or serrate: bark often 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 may not perfectly resemble
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