\{V2 TL^VNT LIFE OF ALAUAWA. 



NoKTIIKltN Mr.xico. 



Caroliiii.iii and Liiuisiiiiiian area. Iowa, sontliein IlIinniK, soiillnvestcni ToxaH, 

 Intlian Territory, norllieni Mexico; Koutli' IVoiii 8oiithirii MlBHouri to TexaH ;iinl 

 central Mississippi. 



Ai..\n.vMA: Central Prairie region. K'ich woodlands. Male County, (iallion. Dal- 

 las County, Uniontown. Marengo County, DeuiopolLs. I'udoubtedly iudigenouH. 

 Kxtt'nsiv<dy enltivated near the coast. 



K<()n()nii(r uses: Naliialdc nut-tree. Its timber also valuable. 



Type locality: ••This tree is said to grow plenty in the neighborhood of the 

 Illinois Iv'ivcr, and other i)arls to the westward. 



Herb. (Jeid. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hicoria ovata (Mill.i Hritton. Hull. Torr. Clnb, L'83. 18X8. 



ScALY-iJAKK Hickory. SnKi.L-nAHK Hickohy. 



JiK/lauK orata Mill. Gard. Diet. <'d. 8, no. 6. ITtW. 



Ctin/a alba Nutt. (Jen. 2 : 221. 1818. 



i:iI.".Sk.2:<)24. (iray, Man. ed. (5, 4(i8. Chaji. Fl. 418. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 4 10. Sargent. Silv. N. .\. 7 : l."i3, /. IdC, 147. 



Allegheiiiau to l.ouisiaiiian area. Valley of SI. Lawrence River; New Kngland 

 west to Minnesota; troni eastern Kansas to eastern Texas, and through Louisiana 

 and Mississippi to western Florida. 



.\i.ai5ama: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Up]ier division of the Coast 

 Pine belt. Rich woods. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Hicoria alba (L.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15 : 283. 1888. 



WllITE-IIKART HlCKOUY. MOCKKKNM'T. 



.IttglauK alba L. Sp. PI. 2 : 997. 1753. 



./. iomenlosa haul. Eucjc\. 4:504. 1797. 



Caiya lomrniosa Nutt.'Oen. 2 :221. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :625. Gray. Man. ed. 6, 468. Cha]). Fl. 119. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herl). 

 2:411. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7 : 161, 1. 150, 151. 



Allegheiiiau to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to eastern Kansas, 

 south to eastern Texas, and from Massachusetts to Cape Canaveral, Fla. 



Ai.aka.ma: Over the State. Flowers April, May; fruit matures October, Novem- 

 ber. Frc(|ueut in damp and dry soil. 



Economic uses: Scarcely less valuable than the last for timber and for fuel. 



Tyi»e locality: " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. ^lohr. 



Hicoria glabra (Mill.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15:284. 1888. Pkixlt Hickory. 



Jufilans (jJahra Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 5. 



Carya porriiia Niitt. (ieu. 2 : 222. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 627. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 469. Cha]). Fl. 419; ed. 3, 442. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2 : 411. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7 : 165. 



Allegheiiiau to Louisianian area. Ontario (shores of Lake Erie) ; southern Maine, 

 west to eastern Kansas; south to peninsular Florida, Louisiana, and eastern Texas 

 (Nueces Valley). 



Alabama: Over the State. One of the most frequent deciduous trees of the 

 uplands. Flowers in April; fruit matures October, November. Nut somewhat 

 bitter. 



Fconoiuic uses: Large timber tree of minor value; excellent for fuel. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hicoria villosa (Sargent) Ashe, Bull. Torr. Club. 24 : 481. 1897. Hoary Pigni'T. 



Hicoria (jhtbru villosa Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7 : 167. 1895. 



//. jKilVuht Ashe, Notes on Hickories. 189(). lu part. 



(Jaroliniau area. Delaware and Virginia to North Carolina and Georgia. 



Ai.AHA.MA : Lower hills to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Dekalb County, 

 Mentone. Madison County, Montesano. .leffersoii and Tuscaloosa counties. Henry 

 County, Abbeville. Flowers in April; fruit ripe in October. The most frequent of 

 upland hickories throughout the niouutaiu region and lower hills on poor sandy or 

 rocky ridges. 



Tree of medium size, scarcely over 40 feet, the trunk 15 to 18 inches in diameter, 

 with a lirm, thick, roughish bark; sterile (lowers ju-oduced from the base of the 

 youngest shoot; buds small, ovate or oval, pointed, somewhat stipitate, the terminal 

 of 6 to 9, the lateral of 5 to 7. imbricated scales; leaves with 7 to 9 leaflets, covered 

 on their lower surface with silvery peltate scales, as also the peduncles, bracts, calyx 



