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pressed, thin-shelled, pointed; seed sweet. In rich soil. Mass. 

 to Ohio and Mich., \'a. and Mo. 



9. Hicoria borealis Ashe. Northern Hickory. A small 

 tree with rough furrowed bark when young, becoming" shaggy 

 in narrow strips when old. Leaflets 5, occasionally 3, lanceolate; 

 fruit ovoid, much flattened; husk very thin, rugose, coriaceous, 

 usually not splitting; shell thin and elastic; seed large, sweet and 

 edible. In dry u])lands. Alich. 



10. Hicoria glabra (Mill.) Britt. P^ignut (Hickory). A 

 tree with close rcugh bark. Leaflets t,-/, rarely 9, oblong, oblong- 

 lanceolate or the upper obovate, sessile, acuminate at the apex, 

 usuallv narroweil at the base; fruit obovoid or obovoid-oblong; 

 husk thin, the \alves very tardily dehiscent; nut brown, angled, 

 pointed, very thick-shelled ; seed bitter and astringent, not edible. 

 In dry or moist soil. Me. to Ont., Minn., Kan., Tex., Fla., and 

 Ohio. 



11. Hicoria villosa (Sarg.) Ashe. Scurfy Hickory. A 

 small or medium-sized tree with deeply furrowed, dark gray bark. 

 Leaflets 5-9, thickly covered beneath with silvery peltate glands, 

 mixed with resinous globules, generally pubescent; fruit obovoid, 

 the husk partlv splitting; nut brown, thick-shelled, angled; seed 

 small, sweet. X. J. to IHa. and from Mo. and Ark. to Tex. 



Order, Fagales. 



Bctiilaccac. I'irch Family. 

 16. Carpinus L. l)lue-l)eech. 



Monoecous trees or shrubs with smooth gray bark and ridged 

 stems. Flowers in aiuents. Leaves with straight and parallel 

 lateral veins. Xuts small in a large-bracted catkin, bracts leaf- 

 like. . 



I. Carpinus caroliniana Walt. Blue-beech. A small 

 tree with slender terete gray twigs. Wood white, very compact, 

 strong, and heavv, not durable in the ground; used for turnery, 

 tool handles, etc. The charcoal is used for making powder. Tn 

 moist soil and along streams. X. S. to Minn., Fla., Te.\., and 

 Ohio. 



