486 JUGLANDACEAE. 
5. Hicoria laciniosa (Michx. f.) Sarg. Big Shag-bark. King-nut. (Fig. 1155.) 
J Carya sulcata Nutt. Gen. 2: 221. 1818. Not Juglans sul- 
- cata Willd. 1796. 
Tetons laciniosa Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am, 1: 199. Pi. & 
1810. 
Hicoria sulcata Britton, Bull. Torr, Club, 15: 283. 1888. 
Hicoria laciniosa Sarg. Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 354. 1894. 
A large tree, reaching about the size of the preceding 
species, the bark separating in long narrow plates, the 
young foliage densely puberulent, the mature leaves 
somewhat so beneath. Leaflets 7-9, (rarely 5) acute or 
acuminate, oblong-lanceolate or the upper obovate, some- 
times 8’ long by 5’ wide; staminate aments peduncled in 
3's at the base of shoots of the season; middle lobe of the 
staminate calyx linear, twice as long as the lateral ones; 
fruit oblong, 2’—3’ long; husk thick, soon splitting to the 
base; nut oblong, somewhat compressed, thick-shelled, 
pointed at both ends, yellowish-white; seed sweet. 
In rich soil, New York and Pennsylvania to Indiana, Iowa, 
Tennessee, Kansas and the Indian Territory. Wood strong 
and tough, darker than the preceding; weight 50 lbs. per 
cubic foot. May. Fruit ripe Sept.—Oct. 
6. Hicoria alba (L.) Britton. White-heart Hickory. Mocker-nut. (Fig. 1156.) 
Juglans alba l,. Sp. Pl. 997. 1753. BG 
Juglans tomentosa Yam. Encycl. 4: 504. _ 1797. Me 
Carya tomentosa Nutt. Gen. 2: 221. 1818. —_, 
fTicoria alba Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15: 283. 1888. 
A large tree, maximum height 100°, and trunk 
diameter 314°, the foliage and twigs persistently 
tomentose-pubescent, fragrant when crushed, the bark 
rough and close; bud-scales very large, imbricated; 
leaflets 7-9, oblong-lanceolate or the upper oblanceo- 
late or obovate, sessile, long-acuminate, narrowed or 
rounded and somewhat inequilateral at the base; stami- 
nate aments peduncled in 3’s, tomentose; middle lobe 
of the staminate calyx linear, much longer than the 
lateral ones; fruit globose or oblong-globose, 1 14/—3 14 
long; husk thick, freely splitting to the base; nut gray- 
ish-white, angled, pointed at the summit, little com- 
pressed, thick-shelled, 4-celled at the base; seed sweet. 
In rich soil, eastern Massachusetts to southern Ontario, 
Illinois and Nebraska, south to Florida and Texas. As- 
cends to 3500 ft. in Virginia. Wood very hard and tough, 
dark brown; weight per cubic foot51 lbs. Called also 
Fragrant Hickory. May-June. Fruit ripe Oct.—-Nov. 
7. Hicoria microcarpa (Nutt.) Britton. Small-fruited Hickory. (Fig. 1157.) 
_ Juglans alba odorata Marsh. Arb. Am. 68. 1785? 
Carya microcarpa Nutt. Gen. 2: 221. 1818. 
H. microcarpa Britton, Bull. Torr. Club. 15: 283. 1888. 
Hf, glabra var. odorata Sarg. Silva, '7: 167. pl. 354. 1895. 
A forest tree, reaching a maximum height of about 
go° and a trunk diameter of 314°, the bark close, when 
older separating in narrow plates, the foliage glabrous 
throughout. Bud-scales 6-8, imbricated, the inner 
ones somewhat enlarging; leaflets 5-7, oblong, or 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, narrowed or 
sometimes rounded at the base, 314’-5’ long; stami- 
nate aments glabrous, peduncled in 3’s at the base of 
shoots of the season; middle lobe of the staminate 
calyx equalling or somewhat longer than the lateral 
ones; fruit globose or globose-oblong, less than 1’ long, 
the husk thin, tardily and incompletely splitting to 
the base; nut subglobose, nearly white, slightly com- 
pressed, not angled, thin-shelled, pointed; seed sweet. 
In rich woods, Massachusetts to Michigan, south to Vir- 
ginia, Illinois and Missouri. Wood hard, strong, tough, 
light brown. May-June. Fruit ripe Sept.-Oct. 
