HICORIA 



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

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



myristicaeidrmiB, Britt. (Carya myristicafirinis. 

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

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

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

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

 bescent beneath when youns and with brown scales 

 above, at length dark green aliov.-. silrcry and lustrous 

 beneath, 3-5 in. long: staniiiint.- , Mikins peduncled: fr. 

 generally solitary, shorto\-uiil (.r Mlpu\;itf. ubout 1% in. 

 long; nut ovoid, reddish liri.wn ukuIu ^ with irregular 

 spots and stripes, thick-shtlkd, l-eiUcd liulow; kernel 

 sweet. From S. Car. to Ark. and Mex. S.S. 7:342-43.- 

 A very decorative species on account of its handsome 

 foliage, but not hardy North. 



I^ut risualh/ as broad as long, compressed wi 

 irregularly angled or reticulate surface, ihi 

 shelled, 4-celled below : kernel bitter. 



aquitica, Britt. (Carya aqiidtica, Nutt.). Water- 

 HiCKoar. Bitter Pecan. Usually small tree, rarely to 

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

 piates. Ifhs 7-13, sessile or short-stalked, lanceolate, 

 long-acuminate, finely serrate, yellowish tomentose when 

 young, glabrous at length . fr. 3-1, ovoid to broadly obo- 

 vate, 1-1 J-2 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 111., south to Fla. and Tex. S.S. 7:344-45. 

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



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

 Swamp-Hickory. Tree, to 100 ft. : bark grayish brown, 

 broken into thin scales: young branches and petioles 

 glabrous: Itts. 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, 

 bro.adly obovate or subglobose, winged from the apex to 

 the middle, %-\]4 in. long ; husk thin, splitting some- 

 what below themiddle; nut slightly compressed, round- 

 ish, abruptly contracted into a short point, irregularly 



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

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

 park tree, with handsome, rather broad head, growing 

 in cult, more rapidly than other Hickories. 



1063. Hicoria glabi 



microcarpa— the false Shagbark. 



AA. Scales of buds imbricate, more than C. ft. not or 

 slightly winged at the sutiires : nut usually 

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

 cate, the uppermost larger and generally obovate. 



B. Buds small, M-M<"». l"><ri- '"'•«?• thin : nut slightly 



glabra, Britt. (Cnr//. //.,.,.•;/,„, Nutt.). Pignut. Figs. 

 1061, 1062. Tree, Of.M^iniKilly to IJO ft., with usually 

 dark gray lissured bark and slender, glabrous branch- 

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

 late, long-acuminate, sharply serrate, almost glabrous, 

 3-0 in. long: fr. usually ovoid or obovate, the sutures 

 usually slightly winged toward the apex and the husk 

 splitting mostly only half way to the base; nut usually 

 brownish, not angled ; kernel mostly astringent. S.S. 

 7:,3.52-53. A.G. 11:386-7. 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. microc&rpa, Trel. {Carya micro- 

 carpa, Nutt.). Figs. 1003-6. Bark more 

 or less shaggv: Ifts. quite glabrous, often 

 somewhat bioadei fr snbglobo«e husk 

 splitting neaily to 

 the li ise nut grayish 

 or whitish angled 

 rathei tbm shelled 

 often bioader thin 

 long kernel sweet 

 Prom Quebec to 

 Mich south to FH 

 A.C 11 381-88 1 2 

 5, 8 10 U S \ C 12 

 4, ( - Often \ei\ di 

 tinct PiobHblj II 

 boxalis \she be 

 longs to this -itiipty 

 Var odorata Sai g 

 Similar to and often 



vith 



for 



Bark fissured, 



