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Leaflets 7 to 11, rough-hairy beneath ; 



nut thick-shelled, with thick husk ; 



bark of tree rough but not shaggy, (p. 87.) WHITE HICKORY. 



Leaflets scurfy beneath with silvery 



particles ; leaf 8 tern and midribs hairy ; 



nuts thick-shelled, the husk usually 



adhering to it ; bark very rough ; small 



trees on sandy soil ; throughout except 



high mountains SAND HICKORY 1 . 



Leaflets 7 or more, and leafstem, often 

 smooth ; nuts thin-shelled and bitter; husk 

 thin and adhering to the nut; end buds, 

 long, yellow, without scales (naked). 



Leaflets 7 to 11, soft-velvety or smooth- 



ish beneath ; nut large, very thin-shelled 



and bitter; husk thin. (p. 84.) BITTERNUT HICKORY. 



Leaflets 9 to 13, smooth ; nut small, very 



thin-shelled and bitter; confined to the 



lower Cape Fear section, (p. 85.) WATER (BITTERNUT) HICKORY. 



(70 Leaflets smaller, over 11 in number; fruit a 

 nut with a husk or rind which does not split 

 at all on the mature nut ; pith brown, cham- 

 bered. Walnuts. 



Leaflets soft-velvety ; fruit nearly round, (p. 83.) BLACK WALNUT. 



Leaflets clammy or sticky ; fruit oblong, (p. 84.) WHITE WALNUT. 



(2) LEAVES COMPOUND AND PLACED OPPOSITE ON THE TWIG. 



(a) Leaflets 5 or 7, spreading from the same point 

 at the end of the leaf-stem ; fruit 2 or 3 brown 



nuts in a yellow or brownish husk. (p. 47.) BUCKEYE. 



(b) Twigs and buds green and shining ; leaflets 3 



or 5, coarsely toothed ; fruit with 2 wings, (p. 53.)... BOXELDER. 



(c) Twigs stout and brown ; buds brown and 

 scurfy ; fruit with a single wing. Ashes. 



(1) The very broad wing entirely surround- 

 ing the seed ; leaflets 5 to 9, green both 



sides; eastern, (p. 73.) ...WATER ASH 



(2) Fruit narrowly winged at one end only ; 

 leaflets 7 to 9. 



Leaves whitened beneath ; twigs 



either smooth or velvety, (p. 70.) ...WHITE ASH. 



Twigs, buds and green lower surface 

 of leaves velvety ; fruit narrowly 

 winged, (p. 72.) ....RED ASH. 



Twigs and leaves smooth ; leaves 



bright green beneath, sharply toothed, (p. 73.). GREEN ASH. 



(3) LEAVES SIMPLE AND PLACED OPPOSITE ON THE TWIG. 



(a.) Leaves entire, thin, oblong, large, over 2 inches 

 long, downy beneath ; flowers, slender, droop- 

 ing, white; fruit plum-like FRINGE TREE 2 . 



(b) Leaves evergreen, thick, smooth, pointed, 3 to 

 5 inches long ; fruit large, 1-seeded ; rich 

 hummocks along the coast DEVILWOOD OR OLIVE 3 . 



'Hicoria villosa (Sarg.) Ashe. 

 2Chionanthus virginica, Linnaeus. 

 ^Osmanthusamericanus, (Linnaeus) Bentham & Hooker. 



