WATER HICKORY. 



Hicoria aquatica (Miclix. f.) Britt.^ 



Fig. 64. Branchlet bearing leaves, i ; fruit with closed epicarp, 2 ; do, with epicarp partly 

 removed, 3 ; isolated nuts, 4 ; branchlet in winter, 5. 



65. Trunk of tree in Red River valley, Ark. The bark is often more shaggy than here shown. 



