MONOECIA POLYANDRIA. 



basi rotundatis 



pubescent 



i 



btus I round at 



mollib 



623 

 pube- 



pe 

 bu 



villosis; fructi 

 blong 



scent and soft under 



neath; petioles villous; 



fruit oblong ovate: nut 



nuce obJonga acumina- oblong acuminate 

 ta, insigniter insculpta. | spicuously sculptured. 



^Il2\%l^^^' Walt. p. 235. Mich. 2. p. 191. Pursh, 2. p. C36. 

 Icon. J. Cathartica, Mich. arb. for. 1. p. 165. 



^'^Ji.t/5-'''^' T^T^' ^^'"^ ^ y^^^ *''^' ^"^ ^^""^^ "^"ch resemblance to 



the preceding. Its leaves are pinnate, leaflets ob]one-irnceolate"'"l'5 

 very pubescent. TJ,p Lnhit .„! <•..,.*;«„„.: i^J^g |dnceoiate, ^15 



9) 



-rif ; .""' ouuim. lu uiai oi ine ciacK Walnut, is said to be in- 

 1 he decoction of ,ts bark has long been used and celebrated in the 



ceding c ■ K J" . ." ^""^ fructification very similar to that of the pre- 

 ceding spec.es, but the fruit ,s oblong, with a protuberant summit^ the^nut 



wood\n.';T"' ' ,™"''^ T'' ^?'P^^ ^"'^ irregularly sculptured. The 



wood, though somewhat similar to that of the Black Wal " " 

 tenor. 



£^X^l^^rfh\^T t r ''''''r '"^ ""*^ ^^ so oily and so soon 



grow rancid, that I believe they are never eaten. ' 



Ihis tree, so commonly known to the inhabitants of the United States as 



I'ofgfa ""-"^'•~^- --'^ ^"""^ ^° "^^^ -»^^ '"'^-^•^'^ of SolSrand 

 States. 



Grows in fertile soils. 

 Flowers in April. 



TK r ^"."^ --.v,i.auA lu iiiniiDu me mountains of Caiolina and 

 I believe ,t has never been found along the sea-coast of these two 



CARYA. INUTTALL. 



MasculL 



ioibricatum, 

 turn. 



um 



Ament 

 composi- 



Sterile florets 



Calyx squaraa 

 Corolla 0. Stamina 



4 



8. 



ment imbricate 



pound 



Ca ly, 



y 



com- 



Corolla 0. Stamens 4 



8- 



FoemineL Calyx A- \ Fertile florets. 



fidus, superus. 

 ^- Stylus 0. 



Corolla lyx 4-cleft 

 Stigma I Corolla 0. 



} 



Ca- 



superior. 

 Style 0. 



4-lobatum. Pericarpi-\ Stigma AAohed. Pm 

 ^^ quadrivalve. 



Nux 



s^bquadrangularis, lae 



carp 



4-valved. 



Nitt 



Vis. 



somewhat quadrangu- 

 lar, smooth. 



^ 



