CARYA 



CARYA 



677 



120 ft., with usually dark gray fissured bark and slen- 

 der, glabrous branchlets: Ifts. 3-7, almost sessile, 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, sharply 

 serrate, almost glabrous, 3-6 in. long: fr. usually ovoid 

 or obovate, the sutures usually slightly winged toward 

 the apex and the husk splitting mostly only hah" way 



824. Characteristic growth of the pignut hickory, 

 Carya glabra. 



to the base; nut usually brownish, not angled; kernel 

 mostly astringent. Maine to Ont. and south to Fla., 

 Ala. and Miss. S.T.S. 2:179. A.G. 11:386-7. U.S.N. 

 C. 12, 5. A very handsome park tree, with rather nar- 

 row-oblong head, and slender often pendulous branch- 

 lets. A very variable tree. 



6. ovalis, Sarg. (Juglans ovdlis, Wang. Hicbria mic- 

 rocdrpa, Brit. H. glabra var. microcdrpa, Trel.). SMALL 

 PIGNUT. FALSE SHAGBARK. Figs. 826-829. Tree, similar 

 to the preceding: bark close and furrowed on young 

 trees, shaggy on old trunks: branches first hairy, soon 

 glabrous: Ifts. 5-7, sessile, oval, oblong or ovate, 3-6 

 in. long, acute or acuminate, rounded or narrowed and 

 unequal at the base, coarsely and shallowly toothed, 

 glabrous; terminal Ifts. cuneate at the base, short- 

 stalked: fr. subglobose to short-oblong, %-l in. across, 

 densely scaly and slightly winged, tardily splitting 

 nearly to the base; nut slightly flattened, often broader 

 than high and usually rounded at the apex, sometimes 

 slightly angular, brownish, shell rather thin; kernel 

 small and sweet. Mass, to Wis., south to Ga., Ala., and 

 Miss. A.G. 11:381-388, 1, 2, 5, 8, 10. TT.S.N.C. 12,4, 6. 

 Var. obcordata, Sarg. (J. obcorddta, Muhl. /. porclna 

 var. obcorddta, Pursh. C. microcdrpa, Darl.). Fr. 

 nearly globose or ovoid; nut 

 angled, broader than high, 

 sometimes obcordate. S.S. 7: 

 354, figs. 5, 6, 7, 9. Var. odor- 

 ata, Sarg. (Hicbria glabra var. 

 odordta, Sarg.). Lfts. generally 

 broader, ovate or oblong-ovate, 

 glandular: fr. subglobose or 

 higher than broad, with dis- 

 tinctly winged sutures, split- 

 ting freely to the base; nut 

 gray, very slightly ridged, 



825. One form of pignut slightly higher than broad. 

 C. glabra. (Natural size.) Conn, to Pa. and Mo. 8J3. 



7:354, fig. 8. Var. obovalis, Sarg. Fr. obovoid; nut 

 much compressed, pointed or rounded at the apex, 

 and rounded at the base. Mass, to Va. and Mo. Var. 

 borealis, Sarg. (Hicbria boredlis, Ashe. C. boredlis, 

 Schneid.). Bark scaly: Ifts. usually 5, lanceolate: fr. 

 ovoid, flattened, about %in. long, very narrowly 

 winged and often incompletely 

 splitting; nut ovoid, ridged, 

 whitish; kernel sweet. Mich., Ont. 

 B.T. 236. 



cc. Lvs. hairy beneath: nut 



angled, thick-shelled. 

 7. villdsa, Schneid. (Hicbria vil- 

 ldsa, Ashe. H. glabra var. villdsa, 

 Sarg. H. pdllida, Ashe). Tree, to 

 20 or sometimes to 50 f t. : branch- 

 lets slender, pubescent mixed with 

 silvery scales, later glabrous: Ifts. 

 5-9, usually 7, sessile or short- 826 ' Fruit of c - ovalis - 

 stalked, oblong to oblanceolate, 

 3-5 in. long, acuminate, narrowed 



the false shagbark. 



(Natural size). 



at the base, coarsely serrate, when unfolding glandular 

 above, hairy below and with silvery scales; petioles 

 pubescent and with tufts of brownish hairs, finally 

 often glabrous: fr. subglobose to pear-shaped, %-!% 

 in. long, winged; husk thin, splitting to below the 

 middle or nearly to the base; nut slightly angled, 

 somewhat compressed, thick-shelled, pale or light 

 brown; kernel small and sweet. N. J. to Fla., Miss, 

 and E. Texas. S.S. 7:355. G.F. 10:305. 



BB. Buds large, %-l in. long: nut angled; kernel sweet. 

 c. Bark not shaggy: branches and petioles tomentose: 

 outer bud-scales falling in autumn: husk not sepa- 

 rating quite to the base. 



8. iilba, Koch (Hicbria alba, Brit. C. tomentbsa, 

 Nutt. Not to be confounded with C. alba, Nutt., which 

 is C. ovata). MOCKERNUT. BIG-BUD HICKORY. Tree, 

 rarely attaining to 100 ft.: Ifts. 7-9, almost sessile, 

 oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, usually finely ser- 

 rate, glandular and tomentose beneath, very fragrant 

 when crushed, 4-8 in. long: fr. globose to pear-shaped, 



827. Carya ovalis, the false shagbark. 



