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lobes, and bud scales; leaflets, petioles, and branchlets clothed with a soft villous 

 pubescence, noticed particularly durinjij the earlier part of the season. Fruit varia- 

 ble in size and form, from almost globular to slijihtly pear-shajjed, usually subglo- 

 bose. Husk rather thin, between i'., and ^ inch thick, with the sutures slightly or 

 prominently riblied, splitting to or nearly to the base, scarcely mucronate at the top 

 and pointed at the base. Thick walled. 



Type locality (Sargent): "Missonri, neighborhood of Allenton." 



Economic uses: Valuable for its timber. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hicoria caroliiiae-septeutrionalis Ashe, Notes on Hickories. 1896. 



SOUTHEKK SHACiBAKK HiCKOKY. 



Britt. &. Br. 111. Fl. 3:511. 



Carolinian area. Delaware to Georgia and Tennessee. 



ALABAiMA : Tennessee Valley. Mountain regiou. Rich upland forests of hard 

 woods. Morgan County, Falkville. Cullman County. Frequent in the coves of the 

 Tenuessee Valley. 



Economic uses: Timber valuiil)le, equal lo that of the white hickory (H. orata) of 

 the l)ottom land, with which it has been heretofore confounded. Nuts with a large, 

 sweetj fine-flavored kernel. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Hicoria myristicaeformis (Michx.)Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15 :284. 1888. 



Nutmeg Hickory. 



Juf/lans myristicaeformis Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 211. 1810. 



Gary a myristicaeformis Nutt. Gen. 2 : 222. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2:628. Chap. Fl. 419. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:411. Sargent, Silv. 

 N. A. 7 : 145, 1. 143, 143. 



Northern Mexico. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to central Mississijjpi, southern Arkansas, and 

 southwestern Texas. 



Alabama: Central Prairie region. Rich uplands and second bottoms. Marengo 

 County, Demopolis. Hale County, Gallion. Dallas County, Uniontown. Prowers 

 in April ; fruit ripe iu November. Local. 



Economic uses : Large timber tree. Excellent fuel. 



Type locality (Michx. trans. ) : Near Charleston, ''in the parish of Goose Creek." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Hicoria mimma (Marsh.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15 : 284. 1888. Bitternut. 



Jnglan-s alia minima Marsh. Arb. Am. 68. 1785. 



J. minima Borkh. Forst. Bot. 1 : 760. 1800. 



Carya amara Nutt. Gen. 2 : 222. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 626. Gray. Man. ed. 6, 469. Chap. Fl. 419. Coulter. Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 411. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7 : 141, t. 340, 341. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario, Quebec, New England, west to Minne- 

 sota, eastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, and Indian Territory, south to western Flor- 

 ida and Mississippi to the valley of the Trinity, Texas. 



Alabama: Lower hills and Central Prairie region. Most frequent in the hills of 

 the lower Warrior and Cahaba coal basin; rarely over medium size. Montgomery 

 County, bottoms of Alabama River. Flowers in April ; fruit ripe in October. 



Ecouomic uses: Of little value except for fuel. 



Type locality : North America. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hicoria aquatic a (Michx.) Britton, ISuU. Torr. Club. 15 : 284. 1888. 



Water Hickory. Bitter Pix an. 



JuqJans aqiiatic(( Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 1 : 182, /. •'. 1810. 



Carya aqiiatica Nutt. Gen. 2 : 222. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 627. Chap. Fl. 419. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:411. Sargent, Silv. 

 N. A. 7 : 149, /. 144, 145. 



Louisianian to Carolinian area. From eastern Texas (Brazos River) to Mississippi 

 and Florida (Cape Malabar), north to North Carolina, southwestern Tennessee, and 

 southern Arkansas. 



Alabama: Alluvial regiou. River banks subject to frequent overflow. Baldwin 

 County, near Stockton. Mobile and Montgomery counties. Flowers in May; fruit 

 ripe in October; bitter. Not common. 



Economic uses: Of little importance. 



Type locality (Michx. trans.): "Conflned to the Southern States ' ' iu 



swamps, and ditches which surround the rice fields.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



