WALNUT FAMILY. 







z. Hicoria minima (Marsh.) Britton. Bitter-nut. Swamp Hickory. (Fig.i na 



Juglans alba minima Marsh. Arb. Am. 68. 1785. 

 fuglans sulcata Willd. Berl. Baumz. 154. 1796. 

 Carya amara Nutt. Gen. 2: 222. 1818. 

 'ticoria minima Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15: 384. 1888. 

 A slender tree, sometimes 100 high, with trunk 3 

 diameter, the bark close and rough. Bud-scales 

 small, valvate, caducous, young foliage puberu- 

 snt, becoming nearly glabrous; leaflets 7-9, sessile, 

 jng-acuminate, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 3'-6' 

 >ng, W-i l A' wide, the lateral ones falcate; staminatc 

 icnts slightly pubescent, peduncled in 3*3 at the 

 ss of shoots of the season or sometimes on twigs of 

 previous year; lobes of the staminate calyx about 

 jual, the middle one narrower; fruit subglobose, nar- 

 >wly 6 ridged I'-iJ^' in diameter; husk thin, tardily 

 id irregularly 4-valved; nut little comprcs-n!, imt 

 igled, short-pointed, <)"-i2" long, thin-shelled ; 

 very bitter. 



In moist woods and swamps, Quebec to southern On 

 irio and Minnesota, Florida and Texas. Ascend?. ; 

 . in Virginia. Wood hard and strong, dark brown : . 

 jr cubic foot 47 Ibs. May-June. Fruit ripe ^ 





I 



3. Hicoria aquatica M Hnttoo. 



Water Hick 



Juglans aqualica Michx. f. Hint. Arb. Am I: 1*1. ft. ^ 



1810. 



Carya aqualica Nutt. Gen. 3: m. i- 

 Hicoria aquatica Britton, Bull . 15 984. IMS. 



A swamp tree, attaining a maximum height of about 

 100 and a trunk diameter of 3, the bark close, the 

 young foliage pubescent, becoming nearly glabrooa wbea 

 mature. Leaflets 9-13, lanceolate, or the tcimiaal one 

 oblong, long-acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the 

 base, 3'-5' long, #'-i' wide, the lateral strong Ijr fa'. 

 staminate amenta and calyx as in the preceding <ptd; 

 fruit oblong, ridged, i' 1,4 'long. pointed; hnak this, 

 tardily splitting; nut oblong, thin-*helled, angular, 

 seed bitter. 



In wet woods and swamp*, Vinriaia to Florida, west to 

 Illinois, Arkansas and Texas. Wood soft, rtruag. 

 dark brown; weight per cubic foot 46 Ifaa. March 

 Fruit ripe Sept -Oct. 



' 



4. Hicoria ovata (Mill.) Britton. Shag-bark. Shell-bark Hickon 



Juglans ovata Mill. Card. Diet. Ed. 8, No. 6. 1768. 

 Carya alba Nutt. Gen. 2: 221. 1818. Not Juglans alba L. 

 Hicoria ovata Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15: 283. 1888. 



A large tree, sometimes 120 high, with a trunk di- 

 ameter of 4; bark shaggy in narrow plates; young 

 twigs and leaves puberulent, becoming glabrous. 

 Leaflets 5, or sometimes 7, oblong, oblong-lanceolate 

 or the upper obovate, acuminate at the apex, narrowed 

 to the sessile base, 4 / -6 / long, those of young plants 

 much larger, bud-scales S-io, imbricated, the inner be- 

 coming very large and tardily deciduous; staminate 

 aments in 3's, on slender peduncles at the bases of 

 shoots of the season; middle lobe of the staminate calyx 

 linear, longer than the lateral ones; fruit subgloboae, 

 T i/ '-2^' long; husk thick, soon splitting into 4 valves; 

 nut white, somewhat compressed, 4-celled at the base, 

 2-celled (rarely 3-celled) above, pointed, slightly 

 angled, thin-shelled; seed sweet 



In rich soil, Quebec to southern Ontario and Minnesota. 

 south to Florida, Kansas and Texas. Wood strong) 

 tough, light brown; weight per cubic foot sal 

 times called White Walnut. May. Fruit rie Sx : 





Fruit ripe Sx : 



i 



