. The American entomologist. Entomology. ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 281 the long, pointed acorn, two inches long by two- tliirds of an inch thick. It grows, either singly or in open groves, on low mountain slopes, along the streams which course down to the const. The wood is porous and brittle, in tlrs respect quite unlike its congener of the East. The Oregon White Oak (Quercus Garryana, Doug.) is a large tree, sometimes reaching 100 feet in height. The wood is fine, hard-grained, and very white, strong and durable. Its acorns arc sweet and edible, and constitute an import- ant article iu the
. The American entomologist. Entomology. ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 281 the long, pointed acorn, two inches long by two- tliirds of an inch thick. It grows, either singly or in open groves, on low mountain slopes, along the streams which course down to the const. The wood is porous and brittle, in tlrs respect quite unlike its congener of the East. The Oregon White Oak (Quercus Garryana, Doug.) is a large tree, sometimes reaching 100 feet in height. The wood is fine, hard-grained, and very white, strong and durable. Its acorns arc sweet and edible, and constitute an import- ant article iu the support of the Indians of that region. Several other species of less importance occur in California and New Mexico. But to return to the Eastern part of the con- tinent, we next come to a consideration of the Chestnut Oaks, which are distinguished from the White Oaks by having their leaves toothed, but not lobed. Here we have, first, the Swamp AVhite Oak Quercus bicolor, Willd., and Q. Prinus, var. dis- color, INIichx.). a figure of which (Fig. 172), and of the next species, we copy from Dr. Brcndel's article on Oaks, in the 111. Agr. Soc. Transactions. This tree is very widely difl'iiscd tlirough the Eastern, Western and Southern States. Its [Fig. 173 J. Chestnut Oak (,(lncrcus caslanca, Miihl ) favorite abode is iu rich, alluvial lands, often forming a considerable portion of the forests covering the bottom lands of the Western rivers. The leaves vary in outline from obovate to ob- long, with large and coarse blunt teeth, or with a wavy, coarsely toothed margin, with a soft, whitish down on the under surface, usually tapering to an acute base, and with a very short stem or petiole. The acorns are usually elevated on a stalk, or peduncle, sometimes an inch long. They are quite large, equaling, at least, those of the Bur Oak (Q. macrocarpa. Michx.), with the scales of the cup prominent and sometimes mossy fringed on the border. In low bottom lands it fruits abundantly, and in s
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