DECIDUOUS TREES. 99 
tree of small growth; native of Southern States, found 
chiefly in swamps. 
Gymnociapus Canapensis. (Kentucky Coffee.) 
Leaflets seven to thirteen, ovate, borne on a leaf-stalk 
two to three feet in length; seeds about one half inch in 
diameter, produced in a pod of from five to ten inches 
long; ripe in autumn; may be sown so soon as ripe, or be 
kept until spring. I have succeeded best by keeping them 
in a cool cellar until spring, then planting, covering about 
an inch deep. It is a tall- growing tree, with large 
branches. Its appearance in winter is rather coarse, but 
when in full leaf it is stately and highly ornamental. It 
grows rapidly, and the wood is said to be valuable. It is 
but little known at the East as a timber tree, although the 
young trees are found in all of the principal nurseries. It 
is a native of Ohio and of the Southwest. 
JUGLANS CINEREA. (Butternut.) 
Leaflets fifteen to nineteen, oblong lanceolate, rounded 
at the base, variable, not always directly opposite, as shown 
in fig. 32, page 95; petioles and small branches downy, 
with clammy hairs; fruit oblong, inclosed in a clammy 
brittle covering ; nut deeply furrowed, with sharp point. 
Fig. 33 shows a nut of natural size, with the outside 
covering partially removed; kernel sweet, rich, and very 
oily. The Butternut seldom becomes a very large tree, 
although occasionally one will be found sixty to seventy 
feet high and two to three feet in diameter. Its bark is 
smooth until the tree becomes very old, then it is slightly 
