Woolly Pignut 239 



from 5 to 9, usually 7, oblong to oblong-oval or oblanccolatc, 8 to 12 cm. long, 

 nearly straight, tapering to the unequal base, sessile or nearly so, taper-pointed, 

 coarsely toothed from base to apex, hair}- beneath and bearing some round resin 

 glands, becoming dark green and smooth above, paler or light yellow, with a 

 stout, hair}- midrib beneath; the upper leaflets are about twice as large as the 

 lowest. The staminate catkins are in stalked clusters of 3, glandular and scurfy, 

 from 5 to 10 cm. long. The pistillate flowers are oblong, 4-ribbed, yellowish 

 hair}-. The fruit is subglobose to pear-shaped 2 to 4.5 cm. long, 4-winged, 

 dotted with resinous globules, and yellowish scurfy; husk thin, sphtting to near 

 the base; nut bro\\-nish, slightly angled and flattened, narrowed at both ends, 

 thick shelled, the seed small and sweet. 



The wood is hard, rather brittle but tough, close-grained, reddi-h brown. 

 It is used for the same purposes as that of the other hickories. 



