CHAP. CII. 



JUGLANDA CEJE. PTEROCA KYA. 



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found in company with the pig-nut; " but that the pig-nut does not always 

 accompany the mocker-nut, which is satisfied with a much less substantial 

 soil." The wood of this tree is stronger and better than that of any other kind 

 of hickory; and, on account of its extreme tenacity, it is preferred to any of the 

 other American woods for axletrees and axe-handles. For this reason, Michaux 

 recommends its introduction into the forests of Europe, where its success, he 

 says, would be certain. There are plants in the Hackney Arboretum. 



$ 8. C. myristic^fo'rmis Nutt. The 'Nutmeg-like-fruited Carya, or Nutmeg 



Hickory. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Amer. PI., 2. p. 22i2. 



Synonyme. Juglaiis mvristiceefurmis Michx ArO., 1. p. 211., North Amer. Sylva, 1. p. 19S., Punk 



Ft. A?ner. Sept., 2. p. 638. 

 Engravings. Michx. Arb., 1. t. 10. ; North Ainer. Sylva, t. 3.a ; and our^g. 1275. 

 Spec. Char., SfC. Leaflets, in a leaf, 9 ; ovate-acuminate, serrate, glabrous ; the terminal one nearly 



sessile. Fruit ovate, roughish. Nut oval, with a small point at each end, even, brown with 



longitudinal lines of white; in which it resembles a nutmeg, wliith is the seed of Myr'istica mos- 



chita ; and hence the epithet myristica;l'6rmis. A 



native of South Carolina. [Mic/ix. N. A. S., Pun/i 



Fl. Am. Sept.) 



De.tcriptiun, S(C. Very little is known of this tree. 

 Michaux described only from a branch and a handful 

 of nuts, which were given to him by a gardener at 

 Charleston. The leaves consist of four or six sm.ill 

 leaflets, and an odd one ; and the nuts, which are very 

 small, smooth, and brown, streaked with white, 

 strongly resemble a nutmeg ; whence the name. The 

 shell is so thick, that it constitutes two thirds of the 

 nut, which is, in consequence, very hard, and has a 

 minute kernel, which is inferior even to that of the 

 pig-nut. Michaux had no means of ascertaining the 

 value of the wood ; but he found the shoots of the 

 current year extremely tough and flexible. (Sy/., i. p. 

 199.) This sort is not yet introduced. 



t 9. C. microca'kpa Xult. The small-fruited Carya, or Hickory. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. PI., 2. p. 221. 



Spec. Char., !fc. Leaflets, in a leaf, about 5 ; oblong-lanceolate, conspicuously acuminate, argutely 

 serrulate, glabrous ; glandular beneath ; terminal one subpetiolate. Fruit subglobose. Husk thin. 

 Nut partly quadrangular, small ; its shell rather thin, its mucro obsolete and truncate. Indigenous 

 to the banks of the Schuylkill, in the vicinity of Philadelphia. (Niittall.) A large tree, with even 

 bark. Fruit much like that of C. toment6sa, and eatable ; but very small, the nut not exceeding 

 the size of a nutmeg. Catkins tritid, very long, glabrous, without involucre; scales 3-parted, their 

 lateral segments ovate, the central one linear. Anthers pilose, mostly 4-, sometimes .3, sometimes 

 5. Female flowers 2 or 3 together; common peduncle bracteolate. Segments of the calyx 

 very long, and somewhat leafy. Stigma sessile, discoid, •1-lobed, somewhat rhomboidal. {Nutlail.) 

 Not yet introduced. 



i 10. C. INTEGRIFO^LIA Spreug. The entire-leaf (let)ed Carya, or Hickory. 



Identification. Spreng. Syst. Veg., 3. p. 849. ; Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 1830. 



Synonyme. Hicorius integrifblius Rafinesque. 



Spec. C/iai:, S;c. Branchlets and petioles tomentose. Leaflets, in a leaf, about 11 ; lanceolate, 



acuminate, entire. Stamens 6—8 in a flower. Nut with 4 angles in its transverse outline. 



{Sprengel.} Not yet introduced. 



App. i. Other Kinds of Carya. 



C. ambigua ; Jl\g\a\\i amU^ua. Michx. N. A. Sy/.,\90.; is a kind which Michaux found in the 

 gardens of the Petit Trianon, where it had heen raised from American seeds. Its bark exfoliates in 

 strips ; its leaves resemble those of C sulcata ; and its fruit that of C. alba, but is smaller. From this 

 description, it appears to belong to the shell-bark hickories. 



C. puMscens Lk. En.. Sweet's Ilort. Brit, ed. 1833, is a kind of which we know nothing. 



C. rigida, J. rfgida Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. The plants bearing this name in the Hackney Arboretum 

 appear to be varieties of C. alba. 



Genus III. 



PTEROCA'RYA KuiUh. Tiiv: Ptkrocarva. Lin. Syst. Monoe'cia 

 ? Polytindria. 



Identification. Kunth in Ann.ilcs dcs Sciences N.iHuclles, 2. p. 316. ; Lindlcy Nat. Syst. of Bot. 



p. \m. 



Synonyme. ./uglans sp. Lin. 



