. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. I 500. Quercus alba. 501. Quercus maerocarpa. 502. Quercus Prinus. 3. QUERCUS. Oak. Strong, close-grained trees, with mostly laterally-lobed leaves: sterile flowers in clustered hanging catkins, with a 4-7-lobed calyx, and 3-12 sta- mens: fertile one in a shallow involucre which becomes the cup of the acorn, the stigma 3-lobed: fruit an acorn. See Fig. 228, which represents a form of the English oak {Q. Robur) often planted in choice grounds. a. White oak group, distinguished by its light gr
. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. I 500. Quercus alba. 501. Quercus maerocarpa. 502. Quercus Prinus. 3. QUERCUS. Oak. Strong, close-grained trees, with mostly laterally-lobed leaves: sterile flowers in clustered hanging catkins, with a 4-7-lobed calyx, and 3-12 sta- mens: fertile one in a shallow involucre which becomes the cup of the acorn, the stigma 3-lobed: fruit an acorn. See Fig. 228, which represents a form of the English oak {Q. Robur) often planted in choice grounds. a. White oak group, distinguished by its light gray scaly bark, rounded lobes or teeth of the leaves, and the acorns maturing the first year. (Q. rin its has nearly or quite entire leaves.) Q. alba, Linn. White oak, Fig. 500. Leaves obovate, 5 or 6 in. long, the Lobes usually 7 and al equal distances apart, and the sinuses. 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 the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan
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