92 ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA 



3. Fairly common in most of the counties, making about Kf of the 

 forest. 



6A. Marion and Chilton Counties ; rare. 



6C. Near Alabama River, Montgomery County. 



7. Rich woods and bottoms ; frequent. 



8. Near Ramer. Montgomery County. 



9. Creek bottoms. 



10\\'. Butler. Wilcox, Choctaw, Clarke, and probably other counties. 



A. variety ( f^iibcscois. Sarg.) is said by the author to grow near \'al- 

 ley Head. DeKalb County. 



Hicoria alba ( L.) Britton. (Carya toiiioifosa. Nutt.) 



(White) Hickory. 



Wood similar to that of the preceding, but the nuts are not 

 quite so good, having a little more shell and less meat in propor- 

 tion. 



Grows in dry and moderately rich (especially ferruginous) 

 soils, in every region except 14 and 15. Scarce in T, 8 and 13, but 

 constitutes from one to two per cent of the forest in most of the 

 others. 



A variety (subcoriacca, Sarg.) is reported from Dallas 

 County ( Cocks ) . 



Hicoria glabra (Mill.) Britton. (Carya porcina, Nutt.) 



(Pignut) Hickory. 



The wood of this is said to be the best of all the hickories, but 

 the nuts are usually bitter and not eaten much except by squirrels. 

 Like most of the other species, it is offered for sale by nurserymen 

 for ornamental purposes. 



Grows in dry woods, in soils apparently averaging a little 

 poorer and less ferruginous than the preceding. It is not easily 

 recognized from a train, so that my notes on it are not very com- 

 plete ( and I may have sometimes confused one or two other species 

 with it), but it appears to be less abundant than H. alba. Its 

 known distribution in the state is about as follows : 



IB. On sandstone and chert on Smithers Mountain, Madison County. 

 2A. Cherokee, Blount, and St. Clair Counties. 

 2B. St. Clair and Tuscaloosa Counties. 



3. DeKalb, St. Clair and Jefferson Counties. 



4. Rather common. 



5. Coosa County (and probably all the others). 



6A. Franklin County to Bibb, and perhaps throughout. 



6B. Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties. 



7. Greene County (if identified correctly). 



lOE. Pike and Barbour Counties. 



