132 FOREST TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



241. Carya olivaeformis, Nuttail, 



Genera, ii, 221. Spreugel, Syst. ii, 849. Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 83. Spach. Hist. Veg. ii, 173. Penn. Cycl. vi, 331. Loudon, 

 Arboretum, iii, 1441, f. 1263. Eaton &. Wright, Bot. 183. Scheele iu Rcemer, Texas, 447. Belg. Hort. vi, 223, t. 45, f. 2. Torrey, 

 Bot. Hex. Boundary Survey 205. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 255. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 418. Lesquereux in Owen's 

 2d Rep. Arkansas, 387. Wood, Cl. Book, 641 ; Bot. & Fl. 304. C. De Candolle in Ann. Sci. Nat. 4 ser. xviii, 36, t. 1, f. 3, t. 5, 

 f. 59; Prodr. xvi' 2 , 144. Porcher, Resources S. Forests, 333. Gray, Manual N. States, 5 ed. 448. Young, Bot. Texas, 499. Vasey, 

 Cat. Forest Trees, 24. Broadhead in Coulter's Bot. Gazette, iii, 60. Ridgway in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 77. Hemsley, Bot. 

 Am. -Cent, iii, 163. Watson in Proc. Am. Acad. xviii, 155. 



Juglans Pecan, Marshall, Arbustum, 69. Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 236. Muhleuberg & Willdenow in Neue Schrifteu 

 Gesell. Nat. Fr. Berlin, iii, 392. 



Juglans lllinoinensis, Wangenheim, Amer. 54, t. 18, f. 43. 



Juglans angustifolia, Alton, Hort. Kew. iii, 361 ; 2 ed. v, 296. 



Juglans rubra, Gaertner, Fruct. ii, 51, t, 89, f. 1. Lamarck, 111. iii, 365, t. 781, f. 4. 



Juglans cylindrica, Lamarck, Diet, iv, 505 ; 111. iii, 365, t. 781, f. 5. Nouveau Duhamel, iv, 179. 



Juglans olivceformis, Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 192. Willdenow, Spec, iv, 457; Enurn. 979; fieri. Baumz. 194. Persoon, 

 Syn. ii, 566. Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. ii, 348. Michaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. i, 175, t. 3 ; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. i, 114, 

 t. 32. Muhlenberg, Cat. 88. Alton, Hort. Kew. 2 ed. v, 296. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. ii, 636. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 163.- 

 Regel, Gartenflora, xviii, 89. 



C. angustifolia, Nuttail, Sylva, i, 41 ; 2 ed. i, 57. 



t C. telraptera, Liebmann in Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Forhand. 1850, 80. 



Hickorea species, LeConte in Proc. Philadelphia Acad. vi, 402. 



C. Illinoensis, Koch, Dendrologie, i, 593. 



PECAN. ILLINOIS NUT. 



I 



Near Davenport, Iowa (C. C. Parry), southern Illinois, and Indiana, northwestern Kentucky, south and 

 southwest through Missouri and Arkansas to eastern Kansas, the Indian territory, and through western Louisiana 

 and Texas to the valley of the Concho river. 



A tree 30 to 52 meters in height, with a trunk 0.90 to 1.80 meter iu diameter ; borders of streams in low, r'ch 

 soil ; very common and reaching its greatest development in the bottom lands of Arkansas and the Indian territory; 

 the largest species of the genus and the largest and most important tree of western Texas. 



Wood heavy, hard, not strong, brittle, close-grained, compact ; layers of annual growth marked by one or 

 two rows of large open ducts ; medullary rays numerous, thin ; color, light brown tinged with red ; the sap-wood 

 lighter brown ; specific gravity, 0.7180 ; ash, 1.13 ; less valuable than the wood of the other species and hardly 

 used except for fuel. 



The sweet, edible nuts are collected in great quantities, affording an important article of commerce. 



242. Carya alba, Nuttail, 



Genera, ii, 221. Elliott, Sk. ii, 624. Watson, Dend. Brit. ii,t. 148. Sprengel, Syst. ii,849. Torrey, Compend. Fl. N. States, 357; Fl.N. 

 York, 181. Beck, Bot. 336. Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 83. Spach, Hist. Veg. ii, 174. Penn. Cycl. vi, 332. Loudon, Arboretum, iii, 1446, 

 f. 1269 & t. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 183. Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Aui. ii, 143. Emerson, Trees Massachusetts, 191; 2 ed. i, 217 & t. 

 Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, 3 ed. 263. Darby, Bot. S. States, 513. Belg. Hort. vi, 223, t. 48, f. 8. Cooper in Smithsonian Rp. 1858, 255. 

 Chapman, Fl. S. States, 418. Curtis in Rep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii, 43. Lesquereux in Owen's 3d Rep. Arkansas, 

 387. Wood, Cl. Book, 641 ; Bot. & Fl. 304. C. De Candolle in Ann. Sci. Nat. 4 ser. xviii, 36, t. 2, f. 13, 14, 18, t. 3, f. 24, t. 4, f. 44, 46 ; 

 Prodr. xvi 2 , 142. Gray, Manual N. States, 5 ed. 448. Young, Bot. Texas, 499. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 24. Aldrich in Am. Nat. 

 xv, 227. Sears in Bull. Essex Inst. xiii, 179. Ridg way in Proc.U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 72. Bell in Geological Rep.Canada, 1879-'80, 55 C . 



Juglans ovata, Miller, Diet. 



Juglans alba OVata, Marshall, Arbustum, 69. 



Juglans OUalis, Wangenheim, Amer. 24, t. 10, f. 23. 



Juglans compressa, Giertner, Fruct. ii, 50, t. 89, f. 1. Muhlenberg & Willdenow in Neue Schriften Gesell. Nat. Fr. Berlin, 

 iii, 300. Willdeuow, Spec, iv, 458; Enum. 979; Berl. Baumz. 195. Persoon, Syu. ii, 566. Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. 

 ii, 347. Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2 ed. v, 297. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 164. Lamarck, 111. iii, 365, t. 781, f. 3. 



f Juglans exaltata, Burtram, Travels, 2 ed. 38. 



Juglans squamosa, Lamarck, Diet, iv, 504. Desfontaines. Hist. Arb. ii, 348. Michaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. i, 190, t. 7; N. 

 American Sylva, 3 ed. i, 123, t. 36. Barton, Prodr. Fl. Philadelph. 92 ; Compend. Fl. Philadelph. ii, 179. Bigelow, Fl. 

 Boston. 3 ed. 380. 



