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lobes, and bud scales ; leaflets, petioles, and branchlets clothed with a soft villous 

 pubescence, noticed particularly during the earlier part of the season. Fruit varia- 

 ble in size and form, from almost globular to slightly pear-shaped, usually subglo- 

 hose. Husk rather thin, between ^ and i inch thick, with the sutures slightly or 

 prominently ribbed, splitting to or nearly to the base, scarcely mucronate at the top 

 and pointed at the base. Thick walled. 



Type locality (Sargent): " Missouri, neighborhood of Allenton." 



Economic uses: Valuable for its timber. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hicoria carolinae-septentrionalis Ashe, Notes on Hickories. 1896. 



SOUTHERN SHAGBARK HICKORY. 



Britt. &Br. I11.F1. 3:511. 



Carolinian area. Delaware to Georgia and Tennessee. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Rich upland forests of hard 

 woods. Morgan County, Falkville. Cullman County. Frequent in the coves of the 

 Tennessee Valley. 



Economic uses: Timber valuable, equal to that of the white hickory (H. orata) of 

 the bottom land, with which it has been heretofore confounded. Nuts with a large, 

 sweet, fine-flavored kernel. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Hicoria myristicaeformis (Michx.)Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15 : 284. 1888. 



NUTMEG HICKORY. 



Juf/lans myristicaeformis Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 211. 1810. 



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



Ell. Sk. 2:628. Chap. Fl. 419. Coulter, Cohtr. Nat. Herb. 2:411. Sargent, Silv. 

 N. A. 7 : 145, 1. 142, 143. 



NORTHERN MEXICO. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to central Mississippi, southern Arkansas, and 

 southwestern Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Rich uplands and second bottoms. Marengo 

 County, Demopolis. Hale County, Gallion. Dallas County, Uniontown. Flowers 

 in April; fruit ripe in November. Local. 



Economic uses: Large timber tree. Excellent fuel. 



Type locality (Michx. trans. ): Near Charleston, "in the parish of Goose Creek." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Hicoria minima (Marsh.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15 : 284. 1888. BITTERNUT. 



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



J. minima Borkh. Forst. Bot. 1 : 760. 1800. 



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



Ell. Sk. 2 : 626. Gray. Man. ed. 6, 469. Chap. Fl. 419. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 411. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7 : 141, t. 340, 341. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario, Quebec, New England, west to Minne- 

 sota, eastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, and Indian Territory, south to western Flor- 

 ida and Mississippi to the valley of the Trinity, Texas. 



ALABAMA: Lower hills and Central Prairie region. Most frequent in the hills of 

 the lower Warrior and Cahaba coal basin ; rarely over medium size. Montgomery 

 County, bottoms of Alabama River. Flowers in April ; fruit ripe in October. 



Economic uses r Of little value except for fuel. 



Type locality : North America. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hicoria aquatica (Michx.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club. 15 : 284. 1888. 



WATER HICKORY. BITTER PECAN. 



Juglans aquatica Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 1 : 182, t, J. 1810. 



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



Ell. Sk. 2 : 627. Chap. Fl. 419. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:411. Sargent, Silv. 

 N. A. 7:149, /. 144, 145. 



Louisianian to Carolinian area. From eastern Texas (Brazos River) to Mississippi 

 and Florida (Cape Malabar), north to North Carolina, southwestern Tennessee, and 

 southern Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Alluvial region. River banks subject to frequent overflow. Baldwin 

 ' County, near Stockton. Mobile and Montgomery counties. Flowers in May ; fruit 

 ripe in October; bitter. Not common. 



Economic uses : Of little importance. 



Type locality (Michx. trans.) : "Confined to the Southern States in 



swamps, and ditches which surround the rice fields/' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



