210 Trees with Compound Leaves. [D n 



Leaf-stem, rough throughout. Buds, large and round and 

 covered with downy, yellowish-brown scales, or, in 

 winter, with hard and grayish-white scales. 



Leaflet-stems, lacking (or scarcely noticeable), except the 

 short, roughish stem of the end leaflet. 



Leaflets, two to seven inches long, rough beneath, especially 

 on the ribs ; fragrant when crushed. 



Bark, rough, becoming cracked across, but not scaly. 



Fruit, rounded, slightly egg-shaped or oval, one and one 

 half to two inches or more in length. The husk is 

 about one fourth of an inch thick and splits nearly 

 to the base when ripe. Nut, slightly six-angled, light 

 brown, with a very thick and hard shell. The kernel 

 is sweet, but small. October. 



Found, common, in dry woods, especially southward and 

 westward. It grows in Southern Canada and in all 

 the Atlantic States. In size and in the quality of its 

 timber the tree resembles the Shag-bark. 



Fig. IO6. Small-fruited Hickory. H. microcarpa (Nutt), Britton 

 C. microcarpa, Nutt. 



Leaves, COMPOUND (odd-feathered ; leaflets, five to seven, 

 oftenest five) ; ALTERNATE ; EDGE OF LEAFLETS SHARP- 

 TOOTHED. 



Outline of leaflets, mostly long oval. Apex and Base 



pointed. 



Leaf-stem, smooth. 

 Leaflet-stems, lacking (or scarcely noticeable), excepting 



the short stem of the end leaflet. 

 Leaflets, mostly four to eight inches long, remarkably 



smooth, excepting that the under surface is tufted in 



the angles of the ribs and usually dotted with dark 



glandular spots. 

 Bark, rough and close. 

 Fruit, broad egg-shape. Husk, thin, splitting part way to 



the base. Nut, small, (three fourths of an inch in 



