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e roughened, thick-shelled: seed sweet. [Carya megacarpa Sarg. in 
t.]—Hammocks, upper pen. and N Fla. 
12. H. pallida Ashe. Tree becoming 35 m. , the bark very rough: leaflets 
7-9 ; anaes the lateral ones lanceolate, Ed -lanceolate, elliptic, or ovate, 
fin ely s subglobose, oval, or obovoid-pyriform, 3-4.5 em. long, 
often aishily ridged, the ped husk dehiscent; nut whitish, un a 
mH elongate, smooth rly so, thick- shelle d: seed sweet.—(PA 
Y.)—Dry woods, Coastal "Plain, and adj. provinces, Fla. to Tenn., and Ya. 
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far 
jad a 
13. H. floridana (Sarg.) Small. Shrub or tree becoming 25 m. tall, 
bark close, slightly ridged: leaflets 3—5 or rarely 7; blades of the m ao 
lanceolate, elli D -laneeolate, or elliptie, searcely faleate, rather remotely 
d: 
eartila aginous oothed: fruit udi or subglobose, 2-2.5 em. long, wingless, 
dd: S slightly ridged, the thin husk tardily and irregularly dehiscent: 
uneven, rather thick- erie [Carya floridana Sarg. ]|— (ScRUB-HICK- 
ui —Sandy ridges and scrub, pen. Fla.—Cons ipd bcr sd in the 
morphologie characters T "been attributed to the species of Hicoria, per- 
aps, however, chiefly as a result a our rather incomplete knowledge of the 
genus and limited fold-study . How H. floridan e oecupies one of 
y 
our very late and unstable phys siographic areas, cee doen variation in the 
shape and size of the fruits. These, on adjacent trees range from PE se 
to narrowly pyriform, often with a stipe-like o in addition. The fruits are 
quite uniform on a given tree. 
14. H. glabra (Mill.) Britton. Tree aeg ^ m. tall, or rarely larger, 
the bark ridged, but close: leaflets 5-7, 3; blades of the lateral ones 
lanceolate, Se hanceolate, Ri to or eee Meer upward; a id 
labrous or nearly so (or r less sega in H. glabra hirsuta): 
poke or pyriform 1.5- 3e n ng, often with & prominent stipe-like ded 
even arly s , the thinnish husk ete dehiscent: nut brownish, obovo id 
to subglobose, thick shelled, even or a tly angled: see id un et. [Carya 
o Nutt Eri ORY. | BROOM-H BROWN- 
ORY. Swir BUD HIC T)—Dr w ond and open hillsides, often in 
acid soil, various oe ieee "Fla. o La., Minn., and Me. 
ORDER LEITNERIALES — LEITNERIAL ORDER 
Shrubs or trees, with exceedingly light wood. Leaves alternate. 
Flowers dioecious, in aments appearing before the leaves, the staminate 
flowers borne on the base of each bract: perianth wanting: androecium 
of 3-12 stamens: pistillate flowers each with a minute perianth: gynoe- 
eium a single carpel, the stigma introse. Ovule solitary. Fruit a collec- 
tion of drupes each subtended by a braet. 
Famity 1. LHITNERIACEAE — Corkwoop FAMILY 
Bark smooth, brown. Leaf-blades entire. Stipules wanting. Aments 
from the axils of last year’s leaves. Staminate aments many-flowered : 
following genus and species on 
1. LEITNERIA Chapm. Leaves scattered: blades shining above, 
petioled. Staminate aments conspicuously bracted: filaments distinct. Pis- 
