MONOECU POLYANDRIA. 



625 



\ 



Jiiglans Compressa, Willd. Sp. pi. 4. p. 458. 

 Icon. J. Squamosa, Mich. arb. for. 1. p. 190. 



,^ ^"^?/ !^^ '-y^^st and most valuable trees of this crenus, remarkable for 

 tlie exfohation of the epidermis in old trees, whence it has acquired he name 

 of shag or shaggy-barked Hickory. Leaves akernate, pinnaJe, leafle s 5~7 

 if,' •^^''f f -J«"ceolate acuminate, finely serrate. Ament of the sterile Ho' 



rSl wi^K . ' A' P""^"'°"^; *^<^«^^'« fl««^ers terminal. Nut nearly sphe- 

 Zi'J /7,f'^^^ ^'-^"^"^d and somewhat angled, the shell thinner than 



o the weather. Its nuts are preferred for the tabk I those of any other 



Grows in fertile soils. I have never seen it along the sea-coast of Caro- 

 lina or Georgia. Around Columbia, however, it be|ins to appear, and pro. 

 baWy multiplies as you approach the Mountains. ^^ ' ^ 



Flowers April. '' 



3. To3iEi>fTosA. Michaux. 



C. foliolis sub-sept 



bovat 



'} 



acuminatis, I late 

 ratis, subtus 



lauceolati; 

 laeviter se 



pubentissi 



scabris; amentis filifor 



niibus, tomentosis: friic 



or 9 



-Leaflets generally 7 



obovate-Ianeeo- 



> 



late^ slight- 

 serrate, pubescent 



tibus 

 vibiis 



glob 



9 



lae 



? 



mice sub- 

 gulata, putamine 

 durissima. 



underneath 

 scabrous 



form, tomentose 



, sngnuy 

 ament fih- 



nearly 

 smooth 



6 



? 



nut 



fruit 

 pherical, 



led 



the 



thick and very h 



what 

 shell 



Nuttall, 2. p. 221. 



Juglans Tomentosa, Mich. 2. p. 192. Pursh, 2. p. 637. 

 J. Alba, Willd. Sp. pi. 4. p. 45r. Walt. p. 235. 

 icon. Mich. arb. for. 1. p. 184. 



A large tree. 



Duh ° "l" ^^^^^ pinnate, leaflets sometimes only 5, generally f 



llZTfT °" ^^ "PP^*" ^"'^^"^^ ^'*'"S ^^'' ^•^•"^^ '■'^''y pubescent underneath 

 most tomentosej pubescence, as in all of the species of this genus, stellu! 



2 DartM '"', • l*"^ T'H ^°''-'*' ^-P^*"*^^' '^"S' '^'y tomentose. (Scales 



8 Fr,r!\ 1 ' J ^"'^^^ ^'^'^'^ resembling a S-parted calyx?) Stamens 



^ run large. Nut compressed, somewhat oval, with 4 prominent angles 



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