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•\loneci(">us ; axillai"}- Ijiuls super])osecl ; staminate llovvcrs 

 in slender catkins; fruit a nut in a lU'shy husk; seed edible. 



1. Leaflets alnicst entire: nut rather smooth and thin- 

 shelled ; twigs glabrous. /. regia. 



1. Leaflets serrate; nut rough, thick-shelled. 2. 



2. Petioles smoothish or puberulent; axil of leaf without a 



hairy cushion below the buds ; liark l^rown or l)lack. 

 rough; fruit globose, not viscid. /. nigra. 

 2. Petioles pubescent, sticky or gummy when young; axil 

 (;f the leaf with a hairy cushion below the buds; l)arl< 

 gray, the ridges smooth on the surface; fruit oblong, 

 \ iscid. J. cUicrca. 



1. Jiiglans rrgia L. b^,nglish Walnut. A round-headed 

 tree witli the leaflets almost entire and nearly glalirous. Plusk 

 of the nut frial)le. Cultivated for the sweet nuts; from Asia. 



2. Jnglans nigra L. Black Walnut. A large tree with 

 a trunk up to 24 ft. in circumference and with rough brownish 

 lilack bark and a long tap root. Wood heavy, hard, strong, of 

 coarse texture; heart-wood dark brown, of great value; used 

 for cabinet-work, interior finish, gun-stocks, turnery, and as 

 veneer. Common on flood plains of streams. Mass. to Ont. 

 and Minn., south to Kan., Tex. and Fla. 



• ). Juglans cinerea L. Butternut.. A large tree with 

 gray bark the outer surface of the ridges smooth. Heart- 

 wood lighter colored and softer than in J. nigra; used for 

 ornamental cabinet-work, interior finish, and cooperage. In 

 rich or rocky woods. X. B. to N. Dak., Kan., Del., Ga., Ark., 

 and Miss. 



Myricaccac. Baylierry Family. 

 li-l. Myrica L. Bayberry. 



Shrubs or small trees with alternate simple peltate-scaly 

 or resin-dotted leaves ; with cylindrical pith, 3 bundle scars 

 and glandular-dotted twigs. 



Mostly diccious ; flowers in catkins; drupe globose or 

 ovoid ; its exocarp waxy. 



1. Myrica cerifera L. Wax-myrtle. A slender die- 

 cious tree with gra>-, nearly smooth ibark. Leaves persistent 

 through the winter. Wood light, brown in color. In sandy 

 swamps or wet woods. Penn. and N. J. to Md., Fla., and Tex. 

 north to Ark. 



