. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . ed crown. The bark is% to 1 thick, light ashy gray, separating into thin obovate to broadly oblong with petioles %-li4 long,short taper-pointed at the apex, wedge-shaped or sometimesrounded at base, toothed, smooth and dark green above, palerand densely liaiiy beneath. Acorns solitary or in pairs, borneon .short stalks, nut ovoid V-iyj^ long, one-half enclosed inthe scaly, pubescent, saucer-shaped cup. Delaware to Indiana. ^Missouri, south to Florida and westto Texas. In Texas it extends to
. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . ed crown. The bark is% to 1 thick, light ashy gray, separating into thin obovate to broadly oblong with petioles %-li4 long,short taper-pointed at the apex, wedge-shaped or sometimesrounded at base, toothed, smooth and dark green above, palerand densely liaiiy beneath. Acorns solitary or in pairs, borneon .short stalks, nut ovoid V-iyj^ long, one-half enclosed inthe scaly, pubescent, saucer-shaped cup. Delaware to Indiana. ^Missouri, south to Florida and westto Texas. In Texas it extends to tbe Trinity similai- to Quercus alba. 8. Quercus Brayi Small. Brays Oak. A rather largeforest tree attaining a height of 50~ to 60^ with gray, flakybark. Leaves obovate, somewhat triangular, wedge-shapedtoward the base, coarsely wavy toothed, thin, dark green 72 Bulletin of the University of Texas aboA^e, smooth on both surfaces, paler beneath with prominentwhitish midrib and relatively few strong regular, prominentlateral veins. The acorns are borne upon short stalks, nut. Fig. 12. Quercus Michauxii. oblong to ovoid, about one-third enclosed in the thin walled,warty scaled, hemispheric cup. Occurs only in canyons of central Texas. 9. Quercus Durandii Buckley. Durands Oak. A treereaching a maximum height of 40°-50° with trunk diameter of 2 Bark light gray, somewhat scaly about %-% thick. The Trees of Texas 78 Leaves entire or soinetinies -l-lolxd near the ^jlunt apex, at ])ase. thick, bright, lustrous green above,pale ijnd hairy beneath. Acorns almost sessile, cup shallow,nut ovoid somewhat depressed. Distinguished from Quercusbreviloba hy the very sliallow cup. Alabama, extending into the eastern part of Texas. Itgrows in dry soil of river valleys. Similar to Quercus alba. The tree is also planted for orna-ment. 10. Quercus Laceyi Small. Laceys Oak. A small tree15^-20^ high or more frequently a shrub. Bark rough, irreg-ularly and deeply grooved, bro
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