Z sd : ae 
- MONOECIA. POLYANDRIA. — ee 
Calix 4-cleft, superior. Corolla none. Styles 
none. Stigma partly di » 4-lobed. Peri-- 
carp 4- valved. Nut sw pangalar, even. 
Large tr i ern nd unequally pinnated oe 
leaves; flowers pol gamous, contemporaneous, (th 
bud including both sexes together with leaves 
2 te ones terminal, male aments below the leaves, fr 
Gy dunculate and pendulous; anthers pilose, didymous; 
ns edible or bitter. Pubescence stellate. 2 
Species. 1. C. oliveformis. (Pecan nut.) 2: sulcata. — 
Ozs. Leaflets 5 to 9, oblong-lanceolate, act 
rate, under side pubescent, terminal leafle 
att@nuated at the base. Male aments 3-parte 
edunculate and smooth; scales 3-parted, incurved, the 
1 senor and acuminated. Stamina 4 to; = = 
anthers didy: sile, pilose and chartaceous, some- 
see ner” ee ee Ta- 
Femail ili: Co: none oi 
Stigma ‘discoid, 4-lo <a 2 of the lobes larger and bill, Z 
eenits compressed, externally lacerate. = 
ere Balhae, ih: seta Ops. Aments trifid, involucrate, 
very long and hirsutely villous, scales 3-parted, subequal; 
ore 3 or 4, pubescent. Female t 4-cleft: ‘Corolla 
none. Stigma as in the preceding, — * maxima. L 
lets by 7’s, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate, 
-goftiy pubescent and paler coloured, terminal 
petiolate; fruit partly globose, pericarp: et 
nat et on very large and thick she 
q and truncate. 
4 
as app ae 
= ae  aabicarpe. ‘Leaftets about 5, oblong: 
sharply ir aa and. 5 conet eee acuminate, on 
sides smooth, benea a placa tok terminal | 
e@; fruit 
