. The American entomologist and botanist. haceum, Ambrosia bidentata andpsilostachya, Helianthus rigidus and mollis,Coreopsis palmata, Cacalia tuberosa, Hieraciumlongipilum, Troximon cuspidatum, Castilleiasessiliflora Lithospermum longijlorum, AsclepiasSullivantii, Platanthera lencophea. We present these criticisms on the theory wehave been discussing, not in a captious spirit,.but under a conviction that the cause of sciencedemands a most i-igorous investigation of allscientific theories. , in his Sketches of Creation,manifests a profound knowledge of geologicalphenomena, and has
. The American entomologist and botanist. haceum, Ambrosia bidentata andpsilostachya, Helianthus rigidus and mollis,Coreopsis palmata, Cacalia tuberosa, Hieraciumlongipilum, Troximon cuspidatum, Castilleiasessiliflora Lithospermum longijlorum, AsclepiasSullivantii, Platanthera lencophea. We present these criticisms on the theory wehave been discussing, not in a captious spirit,.but under a conviction that the cause of sciencedemands a most i-igorous investigation of allscientific theories. , in his Sketches of Creation,manifests a profound knowledge of geologicalphenomena, and has woven together thosephenomena into a world-history, with such skilland with such an agreeable style as to presentall the charm of a romance. As a popular resumeof Geology, we believe it will do much good. In South America the gigantic Guaduas, anarborepcent grass, attains a height of 60 to 60feet. It blossoms so very seldom, that in thecourse of four years Humboldt was able onlytwice to procure the flowers. THE OAKS—No. 2. (Fig. 172.). Swamp White Oal^ {Queycus bicolor) Willd, In the June number we gave an account ofthe White, Bur and Post Oaks. Next in orderwe may consider the Southern Overcup {Quercuslyrata, Mx.) This is a native of the SouthernStates, from North Carolina to Florida, and westto Louisiana. It grows in swamps, and attainsabout the same magnitude and height as theBur Oak of the Western States. Its leaves arelong and smooth, with oblong, nearly acute,lobes, expanded above and contracted acorns are nearly round, and are almostentirely covered by the cup. In this section, also, we may briefly noticeseveral species occurring in California, Oregonand the Rocky Mountains. The CaliforniaWhite Oak {Quercus Rindsii,^&ni\i.) is a nobletree, having very great resemblance in leaf andgeneral appearance to the White Oak of theAtlantic States, distinguished particularly by ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 281 the long, pointed acorn, two inches long by two-thirds of an
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