THE TREES OF NOUTH CAROLINA. i6 



Din'sion l.s7. 

 Sliell-biii-k Hickory, (Carya alha.) 

 Thick Shell-bark Hickory, (C. sulcata.) 



Division 2d. 

 Common Hickory, (C. tomentosa.) 

 ri<;-mit Hickory, (C. glabra.) 

 Small-nut Hickory, (C. microcarpa.) 



Division 3d. 

 Bitter-nut Hickory, (C. amara.) 

 Water Bitter-nut Hickory, (C. aquatica.) 



1. Shell-Babk Hickory. (Caiya alba, Nutt.) — 

 Tliis is not abundant in any part of the State, and 

 least of all in the Lower District. It grows upon 

 the rich lands on and near watercourses. It is much 

 more common in the Northern States than in the 

 Southern. It is GO to 80 feet higli, with a dispropor- 

 tionate diameter of 15 to 20 inches for three fourths 

 of its length. The narrow strips of outer bark loos- 

 ened from the trunk, attached only l)y tlie middle, 

 while the two ends are bowed outwards, wliich char- 

 acterize this and the next s})ecies, are observable 

 only on stocks that exceed 10 inches in diameter and 

 are 8 to 10 years old. But the leaflets are almost 

 uniformly in two pairs, (rarely three,) witli an odd 

 one at the end of the common leaf-stem. Tlie nuts 

 are nearly pointless, and witli a tliin wliite shell. 

 They are the finest nuts we have, excepting perhaps 

 the Pecan Nut (C. oliva'formis), of the Soutliwestern 

 States. 



2. Thick Shell-Bakk Hkkoky. {Q,. sulcata, 



