HICORIA 



and Ittchiiosa, for which see Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 7, pi. 

 20-23 aud Gng. 2:226. See Pecan. 



myristic8ef6rmis, Britt. (Carxja myristicafdrmis, 

 Nutt.). NuTMEO-HiCKORY. Tree, to 100 ft. with dark 

 brown bark, broken into appressed scales : Ifts. 5-11, 

 short-stalked or almost sessile, ovate-laneeolate, the 

 uppermost much larger and obovate, serrate, scurfy-pu- 

 bescent beneath when young and with brown scales 

 above, at length dark green above, silvery and lustrous 

 beneath, 3-5 in. long: staniinate catkius peduncled: fr. 

 generally solitary, sbortovoid or obovate, about IK in. 

 long; nut ovoid, reddish brown marked with irregular 

 spots and stripes, thick-shelled, 4-celled below; kernel 

 sweet. From S. Car. to Ark. and Mex. S.S. 7:342^3.- 

 A very decorative species on account of its handsome 

 foliage, but not hardy North. 



BB. Nut usually as broad as long, compressed teith 

 irregularly angled or reticulate surface, thin- 

 shelled, 4-celled below : kernel bitter. 



aquAtica, Britt. (Carya aqndtica, Nutt.). Water- 

 Hickory. Bitter Pecan. Usually small tree, rarely to 

 100 ft., with light brown bark separating into long, thin 

 plates: Kts 7-i:i, sessile or short-stalked, lanceolate, 

 long-acuminate, linelr si'rrate, yellowish tomentosc when 

 young, glabrous at leii^-th. fr. 3-4, ovoid to broadly obo- 

 vate, 1-1'i in. long; husk thin, splitting to the base; 

 nut obovate, much compressed, irregularly angled and 

 ridged, dull reddish brown; kernel very bitter. From 

 Va. to III., south to Fla. aud Te.\. S.S. 7:344-45. 

 U.S.N.C. 12, 7-8. 



minima, Britt. (Carya nmdra, Nutt.). Bitter Nut. 

 SwAMP-HicKOKY. Tree, to 100 ft.: bark grayi^^h brown, 

 broken into tliin scales; young branches and petioles 

 glabrous: Ifts. 5-9, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate-acumi- 

 nate, densely serrate, pubescent when young and glan- 

 dular, almost glabrous at length, 3-6 in. long : fr. 2-3, 

 broadly obovate or subglobose, winged from the apex to 

 the middle, %-l% in. long ; husk thin, splitting some- 

 what below the middle; nut slightly compressed, round- 

 ish, abruptly contracted into a short point, irregularly 



Hicona glabra 



icrocarpa— the false Shagbark. 



reticulate ; kernel bitter. Quebec to Jlinn,, south to 

 Fla. and Tex. S.S. 7:340-41. Em. 226. -A valuable 

 park tree, with handsome, rather broad head, growing 

 in cult, more rapidly than other Hickories. 



AA. Scales of buds imbricate, more than 6: fr. not or 

 slightly winged at the sutures: nut ustially 

 thick-shelled, 4-celled below: Ifts. S-9, not fal- 

 cate, the uppermost larger and generally obovate. 

 B. Buds small, ii-%in. long: husk thin : nut slightly 

 or not angled. 

 glabra, Britt. (C«r?/nporci«cf, Nutt.). Pignut. Figs. 

 1061, 1002. Tree, occasionally to 120 ft., with usually 

 dark gray fissured bark and slender, glabrous branch- 

 lets : Ifts. 3-7, almost sessile, oblong to oblong-lanceo- 

 late, loug-acumiii:it,.. sharply serrate, almost glabrous, 

 3-6 in. long: tr - i.-nilli ..•,..), I or obovate, the sutures 

 usually slightly , .! rd the apex and the husk 



splitting mostl;. . lothe base; nut usually 



brownish, not :iriL:. .1 ; I,. hm I mostly astringent. S.S. 

 7:352-53. A.G. ll::;K0-7. U.S.N.C. 12, 5.-A very hand- 

 some park tree, with rather narrow-oblong 

 head and slender, often pendulous branch- 

 lets, especially in the following var. A very 

 variable tree, and the following varieties 

 are considered by some botanists as dis- 

 tinct species. 



Var. microc4rpa, Trel. (Carya micro- 

 cdrpa, Nutt.). Figs. 1063-6. Bark more 

 or less shaggy: Ifts. quite glabrous, often 

 somewhat broader: fr. subglobose ; husk 

 splitting nearly to 

 the base; nut grayish 

 or whitish, angled, 

 rather thin - shelled, 

 often broader than 

 long ; kei-nel sweet. 

 From Quebec to 

 Mich., south to Fla. 

 A. G. 11:381-88, 1, 2, 

 5, 8, 10. U.S.N.C. 12, 

 4. 6. -Often very dis- 

 tinct. Probably B. 

 bomilis, Ashe, be- 

 longs to this variety. 

 Var. odor^ta, Sarg. 

 Similar to and often 

 uniled with the for- 

 mer. Bark fissured, 



the false Shagba 



