232 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



__ , The mockernut is a tall, slender tree 



Mockernut. ' 



Carya tomentom. from YO to 100 feet high, with light 

 Carya alba. gfay, close bark which does not scale 

 off. There are from seven to nine blunt-toothed 

 leaflets on a stem, which are deep yellow green 

 above and somewhat paler and rough 

 downy below ; they are very fragrant 

 when bruised. The large, thick- 

 shelled, brownish nut has a thick 

 husk which splits nearly to the base 

 when it is ripe ; the kernel is small 



and indifferently flavored. Probably 

 the tree gets its name from the out- 

 ward promise of the nut, which the 

 small kernel fails to fulfill. 



The mockernut is found on ridges 

 and hillsides from New England south- 

 Mockemutinhusk ward to Fi or ida an( j Texas ; westward 



and a leaflet. 



it extends to eastern Kansas and In- 

 dian Territory ; it is common in the South, but 

 rather local and rare in the North. 



The pignut, sometimes called broom 

 Pignut. r & ' 



Carya pordna. hickory,* is a gracefully proportioned 



Carya glabra. tree frQm 6() to qq Rnd occasionally 



* It is said that the early settlers used the wood split into thin, 

 narrow strips for brooms. 



