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JUGLAXDACEAE. 



5. Hicoria laciniosa (Michx. f.) Sarg. Big Shag-bark. King-nut. (Fig. 1155.) 



iSiS. 



Not Juglans snl- 

 x: 199. pi. 8. 



Carya sulcata Nutt. Gen. 2: 221. 



cata Willd. 1796. 

 Juglans laciniosa Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 



1810. 



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

 Hicoria laciniosa Sarg. Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 354. 1894. 



A large tree, reaching about the size of the preceding 

 species, the bark separating in long narrow plates, the 

 young foliage densely puberulent, the mature leaves 

 somewhat so beneath. Leaflets 7-9, (rarely 5) acute or 

 acuminate, oblong-lanceolate or the upper obovate, some- 

 times 8 / long by 5' wide; staminate aments peduncled in 

 3's at the base of shoots of the season; middle lobe of the 

 staminate calyx linear, twice as long as the lateral ones, 

 fruit oblong, 2 / -3 / long; husk thick, soon splitting to the 

 base; nut oblong, somewhat compressed, thick-shelled, 

 pointed at both ends, yellowish-white; seed sweet. 



In rich soil, New York and Pennsylvania to Indiana, Iowa, 

 Tennessee, Kansas and the Indian Territory. Wood strong 

 and tough, darker than the preceding; weight 50 Ibs. per 

 cubic foot. May. Fruit ripe Sept. -Oct. 



6. Hicoria alba (L.) Britton. White-heart Hickory. Mocker-nut. (Fig. 1156.) 



Juglans alba I,. Sp. PI. 997. 1753- 



Juglans tomentosa Lam. Encycl. 4: 504. 1797. 



Carya tomentosa Nutt. Gen. 2: 221. 1818. 



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



A large tree, maximum height 100, and trunk 

 diameter 3^, the foliage and twigs persistently 

 tomentose-pubescent, fragrant when crushed, the bark 

 rough and close; bud-scales very large, imbricated; 

 leaflets 7-9, oblong-lanceolate or the upper oblanceo- 

 late or obovate, sessile, long-acuininate, narrowed or 

 rounded and somewhat inequilateral at the base; stami- 

 nate aments peduncled in 3*3, tomentose; middle lobe 

 of the staminate calyx linear, much longer than the 

 lateral ones; fruit globose or oblong-globose, ^/z'-^/z' 

 long; husk thick, freely splitting to the base; nut gray- 

 ish-white, angled, pointed at the summit, little com- 

 pressed, thick-shelled, 4-celled at the base; seed sweet. 



In rich soil, eastern Massachusetts to southern Ontario, 

 Illinois and Nebraska, south to Florida and Texas. As- 

 cends to 3500 ft. in Virginia. Wood very hard and tough, 

 dark brown; weight per cubic foot 51 Ibs. Called also 

 Fragrant Hickory. May-June. Fruit ripe Oct.-Nov. 



7. Hicoria microcarpa (Nutt.) Britton. Small-fruited Hickory. (Fig. 1157.) 



Juglans alba odorata Marsh. Arb. Am. 68. 1785? 

 Carya microcarpa Nutt. Gen. 2: 221. 1818. 

 H. microcarpa Britton, Bull. Torr. Club. 15: 283. 1888. 

 H. glabra var. odorata Sarg. Silva, 7: 167. pi. 354. 1895. 

 A forest tree, reaching a maximum height of about 

 90 and a trunk diameter of 5)4, the bark close, when 

 older separating in narrow plates, the foliage glabrous 

 throughout. Bud-scales 6-8, imbricated, the inner 

 ones somewhat enlarging; leaflets 5-7, oblong, or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, narrowed or 

 sometimes rounded at the base, 3^ / -5 / long; stami- 

 nate aments glabrous, peduncled in 3*3 at the base of 

 shoots of the season; middle lobe of the staminate 

 calyx equalling or somewhat longer than the lateral 

 ones; fruit globose or globose-oblong, less than iMong, 

 the husk thin, tardily and incompletely splitting to 

 the base; nut subglobose, nearly white, slightly com- 

 pressed, not angled, thin-shelled, pointed; seed sweet. 



In rich woods, Massachusetts to Michigan, south to Vir- 

 ginia, Illinois and Missouri. Wood hard, strong, tough, 

 light brown. May-June. Fruit ripe Sept.-Oct. 





