462 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



NORTHERN MEXICO. 



Carolinian and Louisianian area. Iowa, southern Illinois, southwestern Texas, 

 Indian Territory, northern Mexico; south from southern Missouri to Texas and 

 central Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Rich woodlands. Hale County, Gallion. Dal- 

 las County, Uniontown. Marengo County, Deuiopolis. Undoubtedly indigenous. 

 Extensively cultivated near the coast. 



Economic uses: Valuable nut- tree. Its timber also valuable. 



Type locality: "This tree is said to grow plenty in the neighborhood of the 

 Illinois River, and other parts to the westward. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hicoria ovata (Mill.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 283. 1888. 



SCALY-BARK HICKORY. SHELL- BARK HICKORY. 



Juglans ovata Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 6. 1768. 



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



Ell. Sk. 2 : 624. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 468. Chap. Fl. 418. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 410. Sargent, Sil v. N. A . 7 : 153, L 146, 147. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Valley of St. Lawrence River; New England 

 west to Minnesota; from eastern Kansas to eastern Texas, and through Louisiana 

 and Mississippi to western Florida. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Upper division of the Coast 

 Pine belt. Rich woods. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



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



WHITE-HEART HICKORY. MOCKERNUT. 



Juglans alba L. Sp. PI. 2 : 997. 1753. 



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



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



Ell. Sk. 2 : 625. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 468. Chap. Fl. 419. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:411. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7 : 161, 1. 150, 151. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to eastern Kansas, 

 south to eastern Texas, and from Massachusetts to Cape Canaveral, Fla. 



ALABAMA : Over the State. Flowers April, May ; fruit matures October, Novem- 

 ber. Frequent in damp and dry soil. 



Economic uses: Scarcely less valuable than the last for timber and for fuel. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hicoria glabra (Mill.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15 : 284. 1888. PIGNUT HICKORY. 



Juglans glabra Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 5. 



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



Ell. Sk. 2 : 627. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 469. Chap. Fl. 419; ed. 3, 442. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2 : 411. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7 : 165. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario (shores of Lake Erie) ; southern Maine, 

 west to eastern Kansas; south to peninsular Florida, Louisiana, and eastern Texas 

 (Nueces Valley). 



ALABAMA : Over the State. One of the most frequent deciduous trees of the 

 uplands. Flowers in April; fruit matures October, November. Nut somewhat 

 bitter. 



Economic uses : Large timber tree of minor value ; excellent for fuel. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hicoria villosa (Sargent) Ashe, Bull. Torr. Club, 24 : 481. 1897. HOARY PIGNUT. 



Hicoria glabra villosa Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7 : 167. 1895. 



H. pallida Ashe, Notes on Hickories. 1896. In part. 



Carolinian area. Delaware and Virginia to North Carolina and Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Lower hills to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Dekalb County, 

 Mentone. Madison County, Montesano. Jefferson and Tuscaloosa counties. Henry 

 County, Abbeville. Flowers in April; fruit ripe in October. The most frequent of 

 upland hickories throughout the mountain region and lower hills on poor sandy or 

 rocky ridges. 



Tree of medium size, scarcely over 40 feet, the trunk 15 to 18 inches in diameter, 

 with a iirm, thick, roughish bark ; sterile flowers produced from the base of the 

 youngest shoot; buds small, ovate or oval, pointed, somewhat stipitate, the terminal 

 of 6 to 9, the lateral of 5 to 7, imbricated scales; leaves with 7 to 9 leaflets, covered 

 on their lower surface with silvery peltate scales, as also the peduncles, bracts, calyx 



