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11. Near Silas, Choctaw County. 



13. Near Andalusia. 



15. Near Fairhope and Orange Beach, Baldwin County. 



Two varieties have been credited to the southern part of the state. 



Hicoria ovalis (AX'anf;^.) Stidw. (?) (H. microcarpa (Nutt.) 

 Britton) 



(Figs. 24-26) 



A hickory which does not seem to fit any existing description 

 exactly, but is referred tentatively to this species, is pretty widely 

 distributed, though not abundant. It is a mediuni-sized tree with 

 rough furrowed l:)ark. leaves with usually five leaflets (occasion- 

 ally seven, three or one), and small nuts with a thin husk splitting 

 to the base, with one valve of the husk always wider than the 

 others, and the opposite one correspondingly narrower. 



Its favorite habitat seems to be dry cherty ridges. I have 

 seen it in Lauderdale County near Florence, on top of Bean Moun- 

 tain in Morgan County, on the slopes of Lookout Mountain near 

 Valley Head (often with T leaflets), on Warnock Mountain, 

 Blount County, on ridges a few miles from Bessemer, and in Coosa, 

 Bibb and Montgomery Counties ; and also apparently the same 

 thing in Nassau County (Long Island), New York. 



Two varieties are credited to the central and northern parts 

 of the state by Prof. Sargent. 



Other species of Hicoria which have been reported from Ala- 

 bama, but not yet identified by the writer, are as follows: 



H. Caroliiiac-scpfciiirioiialls, Ashe. (One of the scaly-barks.) Re- 

 ported from Morgan and Cullman Counties by Mohr, and 

 from Dallas County liy Cocks. A variety (ausfralis, Ashe) 

 is said to grow near Montgomery. 



H. hiciniosa (Mx.f.) Sarg. (A scaly-bark with large nuts.) River 

 banks in Dallas County (Cocks). 



H. pallida, Ashe. Said to be common in dry soils in the central 

 parts of the state. DeKalb County to Henry County (Mohr). 

 Dallas Coimty (Cocks). 



H. Aslici Stidw. vSaid by its author to grow ''in the coastal re- 

 gions" from Alabama to vSouth Florida. 



