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ARBOnETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



I'ART Hi. 



soil is excellent, cool, and freqnently innndated by creeks and rivers. " It 

 is [)robablv becanse it thrives most in such situations, that it is called the 

 swamp hickory." (Id.) In some parts of Pennsylvania, an oil is made from 

 the nuts. The wood resembles that of the other species of hickory ; but it is 

 very inferior to them. There is a tree of this species at Croome, in Worcester- 

 shire, which has been 30 years planted, and is 40 ft. high. 



^ 3. C. aqua'tica Null, The aquatic Carya, or Water Bitter-nut Hickory. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. PI., 2. p. 222. 



Synonyme. Ji.glans aqufttica Mickx. Arb., I. p. 182., North Amer. Syloa, 1. p. 174., Pursh Fl. 



Amcr. Sept., 2. p. 638. , , , , ,„„„ 



Engravings. Michx. North Amer. Sylva, t. 34. ; and our figs. 1265. and 1266. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaflets, in a leaf, 9—11,* narrowly lanceolate, serrate. 

 Very similar to the leaves of the peach tree (Persica vulgaris Mil.); the 

 lateral ones sessile. Fruit peduncled, ovate, with 4 rather prominent 

 ridges at the seams of the husk. Nut broadly oval, angular, a little de- 

 pressed at the sides, roughish, reddish. {Mic/ix. X. A. S., Pursh Fl. Am. S.) 

 A native of North America, in swamps and rice fields, from South Caro- 

 lina to Georgia; flowering in April. Introduced in 1800. 

 Description, ^-c. The water bitter-nut hickory is a tree of 40 ft. or 50 ft. 

 high, with rather slender branches. " Its leaves are Sin. or 9 in. long, and of 

 a beautiful green : they are composed of 4 or 5 pairs of sessile leaflets, sur- 



1265 



lii66 



mounted by a petiolated odd one." {Mich.v.) The leaflets are serrated, long 

 in proportion to their breadth, and very similar to the leaves of a peach tree. 

 The husk is thin ; and the nuts are small, somewhat rough, of a reddish colour, 

 and very tender. The kernel is in folds, and too bitter to be eatable. This 

 species is found in the southern states, in swamps, and in the ditches 

 which surround rice fields; it appearing to require a great deal of warmth and 

 moisture. The wood is light, weak, and very far inferior to every other kind 

 of hickory. There are plants in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges ; and a 

 tree at Milford, near Godalming, between 40 ft. and 30 ft. high. 



t 4. C. TOMKNTo'sA Kutt. The tomentose Carya, or Mocker-nut Hickori/. 



Idrntification. Nutt. Cien. N. Amer. PI., 2. p. 221. 



Svnnnvmes ./iiglan.i ftlba Lin. Sp. PI., 141.5., according to »»//rf. Sp. Pi.,in Pursh 's F/oro, this M 



referred to J Alba Mirhr. Fl. Bor. Amcr., C. alba Kutt. ; J. fttl)a Milt. Diet., No. 4., Du Hoi 



HarM- i v •'« . AVr/m in Act. Holm, 1769, p. 117., U'angh. Amer., 2!., JViUd. Sp. Fl, 4. 



p +-,7 ■ .7 tomenlosa MicMx. Fl. Bor. Amcr., 2. p. 192., Arb., 1. p. 186.. iVorM Amer. Sylva, 1. 



\y ne,' Pur.t/i PI Amer. Sept., 2. p. 637. ; White-heart Hickory, common Hickory, i<m^r. ; 



FngVamngs^' Wangh. Amer., 2, 3. t 10. T. 22. ; Michx. Arb., 1. 1. 6. ; North Amer. Sylva, 1. t. 35. ; 

 and our Jf^. 1267. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Petiole downy beneath. Leaflets, in a leaf, 7—9; obovate- 

 lanceolate, serrate with shallow teeth ; downy and rough beneath ; lateral 

 ones sessile. Catkin very tomento,se. Fruit, on some trees, globose, with 

 depressions in the husk at the sutures; on other trees, oblong, with angles 



