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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



are serrated, long in proportion to their breadth, and very similar to the leaves 

 of a peach tree. The husk is thin ; and the nuts are small, somewhat rough, 

 of a reddish colour, and very tender. The kernel is in folds, and too bitter 



14-a. C. aquitica 



1422. C. aquiitica. 



to be eatable. This species appears to require a great deal of warmth and 

 moisture. The wood is light, weak, and very far inferior to every other kind 

 of hickory. 



* 4. C. TOMENTO'SA Nutt. The tomentose Gary a. or Mocker-nut Hickory. 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. PI., 2. p. 221. 



Synonymes. Juglans felba Lin. Sp. PI. 1415. according to Willd. Sp. PI., in Pursh's Flora this is 

 ' referred to J. felba Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., C. lba Nutt. ; J. alba Mill. Diet. No. 4. ; J. toment6sa 



Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. p. 192. ; White-heart Hickory, common Hickory, Amer. ; Noyer dur, 



Illinois. 

 Engravings. Michx. Arb., 1. 1. 6. ; North Amer. Sylva, 1. 1. 35. ; and ova fig. 1423. 



Spec. C7iar. t fyc. Petiole downy beneath. Leaflets, in a leaf, 7 9; oboyate- 

 lanceolate, serrate with shallow teeth ; downy and rough beneath ; lateral 

 ones sessile. Cat- 

 kin very tomen- 

 tose. Fruit, on 

 some trees, glo- 

 bose, with de- 

 pressions in the 

 husk at the su- 

 tures ; on other 

 trees, oblong, 

 with angles at 

 the sutures. Nut 

 with 4 6 angles 

 in its transverse 

 outline, having a 

 short and capi- 

 tate beak at the 

 tip. Shell some- 

 what channeled. 

 (Michx.) A 

 large deciduous 

 tree. New Eng- 

 land to Virginia, 

 and on the Al- 

 leghany Moun- 

 tains, in forests where the soil is fertile. Height 50 ft. to 60 ft. Intro- 

 duced in ? 1766. Flowers pale rose-coloured ; May. Fruit with a green 

 huks, enclosing a brownish nut ; ripe in November. 



1423. C. tomentosa. 



