WALNUT FAMILY. 803 
is occasionally cultivated for the young fruit,—which makes 7 favorite 
pickle. The tree is rather impatient of the clima mate, in the r 
bom nd large towns. The nuts are rarely perfected, here ; but those 
— are highly esteemed. 
2.J.c , L. Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, rounded at base, softly 
pubescent beneath, with the —— ed sg branchlets downy with clammy 
; drupe o void-o blong, ¢ viscid-pubescent ; nut elliptic- 
talon ich a cee etre re 
Crnergous Jucians. White Walnut. Butter-nut. 
Stem Leaflets 
2-4 or 5i = hes as serrate, sessile, softly een tee and cid beneath “g re 8 ev aed 
with a even odd one. _Aments 3-5 inches long. glia sees got 3-5 0 r 7,ina 
minal spike, "rather distant, sessile on a long common peduncle. Drupe 2-3 inches eae 
and 1 to nches in di iameter, org vain with a short tapering Y whose gir at 
apex, onan a ie tly" compressed and obscurely angular, softly hairy and clammy ,—th 
epicarp somewhat corhanaiell 
rw a eas lands, along streams, &c. ; j. Cnrongbout the United States. FI. May, Fr 
pt 
Obs. The bark of this tree affords an extract Batienarat y Physic), 
which isa convenient and popular cathartic. The yo , col- 
celle) 
bs 
lected about the last of June, make excellent oe The kernel * 
the mature fruit is oily, and soon in get The 
the husks of the fruit are used as dye, e, and the wood, thowgh 
lighter colored Bits a valuable than that of the Jollowiig (POE 
durable when exposed to heat and moisture, and is or pel _ 
coaches ae similar purposes. 
3. J Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 
= oe surfa «tor Lapeer a pubescent 5 drape sicbowes roughishe 
dotted, ar subglobose, rugose-sulca 
Buack plein eas Walnut. 
Stem 40 0 ial Sh ee rooked branches,—often forming 
roundish and Seale lent Te ken —4 inches long, pe iager , subsessile, : te Topas, 
with a terminal odd one wha a Siieren oF aborti 
small terminal clusters of 3. ur on a acer ecuionan eodeachs. an 
inch and a half to 274 3 inches in diameter, mostly cee sometimes oval or  eblong 
creat greenish-yellow when mature—the epicarp (or “ ”) more or less succulent 
and spongy. 
oe , fence-rows, &c. : throughout the United States. Fl. May. Fr. Octo ; 
Obs. The dense dark-brown ce of this species is valanislescalsdis * 
much used by Cabinetmakers, as a substitute for Mahogany. — The 
ngy epicarp is often emplo; sg as a domestic dye-stuff—and the nu- 
can or kernel, although somewhat oily, is eee 8 esteemed. The 
‘fruit and leaves, voter, Tb signal or bruised, emit a | 
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