306 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
slightly serrate, rough-downy below ; aments tomentose ; fruit globular 
or ovoid ; nut rather large; somewhat 6-angled, pale brown and thick- 
shelled. 
Tomentose Carya, White-heart Hickory. Mocker-nut. 
Stem 60 - 80 feet or more in height, —the bark with the fibres ee and not 
foliating. Leaflets generally in 3 pairs with a terminal odd one, — 4-8 inches selec (the 
two lower pairs considerably smaller than the ernie wees ish above, clothed with 
a roughish stel pubescence beneath, and sprinkl inate rae tel ry par- 
ticles reece the pubescence. Aments 4 -6or7 inet long, filiform, hain Pistillate 
in pairs, sessile on a short thick bracteate common ncle. Meruit ovoid 
or pied orai large (ofte m2 inches or more in length, and 144 a dienastie 3 epicarp 
thick and coriaceous, opening by 4 valves more than half way to the base ; nut some- 
what 6-angled near the apex,—the shell very woes and bony ,—the kernel rather small, 
and, though esculent, much inferior to to the prec 
Upland fores ests : New w England to Virginia. TL L May. Fr. October, 
Obs. This species, also, appear fp he Saar several varieties,—some of 
them producing remarkably large fruit. All the Pe ckories are noted 
for affording good fuel; but the ‘ia. of this one (which is white to 
the heart—while the others are more or less red, within,) is considered 
uw er, & 
early 
sweet syrupsike sap,—and when ¢ that season, is much 
upon by worms. The proper Pe for cutting it is the month of 
ok te Ld bra, Torr. Leaflets 5-7, ovate-lanceolate, serrate, nearly 
Be. at -shaped or roundish, thin ; nut smooth and even, thin- 
rhahelled Lge 
Smoot Carya. Pig-nut Hickory. Broom Hickory. 
usually oe tattoaeatty in 2-4 pairs,) with a terminal Hyase ae ef or 3-5 or 6 
inches long, penetat ooth on both sides—sometimes a li e@ pubescent beneath— 
sprinkled with minute purple ahitietad arnately branched or rs 2—4 or 5 
inches long, filiform, smoothish Pistillate ‘term 1, soli or 2or 3 sess 
rather distant ommo duncle, te rather eed subglobose, oblong, or obo- 
: i pean 2 often a little com ret ; epicarp 
thin and coriaceous, opening partnils ah summit) he rf gi oa 3 nut smooth and even,— 
the shell often hari, but sometim: ; kernel often astringent and _ 
bitter, sometimes ent, but o oh tater ae 
Moist woodlands and joaey oi w grounds : New England to Carolina. Fl. May. Fr. October: 
Obs The young saplings of this species were much used, pepe ie for 
making splint brooms; and the tough sprouts, or seedling plants, 
olten employ dias ligatures, in rural econ onomy, under the name of hick. 
hes, .T 
ood of the older trees is used by wheelrights for 
pecics, 
H 
utt., has similar foliage but is — hed by ‘its very small fr iy 
is only of an inch in diameter. Bitter-nut, C,ama’ra,Nulty 
