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MOiN'OECIA POLYANDRIA 



on the sldes^ and 2 obscure ones on the ends. Pericarp ihickj separating 



into 4 parts. 



This is the most common species of this genus in the Southern States, 

 and that which is in general exclusively meant by the generic name of Hick- 

 ory; all of the other species have some peculiar epithet to distinguish them. 

 The wood of this species, like that of the preceding, is used for many pur- 

 poses by tlie Wheelwright, Millwright and Carpenter, and for fuel, the 

 different species of hickory are preferred in this country to all other wood, 



The nut of this species is well 



one or two species of oak perhaps excepted. 



flavoured- ' 



The variety Maxima, Nutt. distinguished by its very large fruit, grows, 



though sparingly, on tlie sea-islands. 



It is certainly singular, that shoots of this species of Carya should be found 

 disseminated over extensive tracts of pine barren, where it is very rare to 

 discover a tree large enough to bear fruit. They are called Hickory Grubs, 

 and are supposed to indicate a soil adapted for cultivation. 



Grows in rich soils. 



Flowers April. 



4. Amara. Mich. 



C foliolis siibnove-j Leaflets generally 9 



f 



nis 



^ 



ovato-oblongis 



^ 



a- 



cuminatis^ argute ser- 

 ratis, iitrinqiie glabris; 

 fructibus sub-globosis^ 

 uuce laevi^ mucrbnata; 

 putamine fragili. 



oblong 



^ 



acumi 



ovate 



nate^ acutely serrate, 



glabrous on both sur- 

 faces; fruit nearly sphe 

 rical; nut smooth, mu- 

 cronate^ with the shell 

 fragile. 



Nutt. 2. p. 222. 



Juglans Amara. Pursh, 2. p. 638. 

 Icon. Mich. arb. for. 1. p. 177. 



A large tree. Leaves pinnate^ leaflets generally 9, sessile, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, large, acutely serrate, glabrous on both surfaces, except the nerves 

 and midrib, which are pubescent, almost toraentose. Fruit globular, the 

 nut almost obcordate, very bitter, enclosed in a pericarp which m general is 

 bnly divided to the middle. 



This species grows generally in very flat rich soils; and in the Southern 

 States is, I believe as remarked by Michaux, universally confounded wit« 

 the next species. 



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Flowers April. 



