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4. Hicoria lacinidsa (Michaux) Sargent. Bia SHeLtuBarK Hicx- 
ory. Bria Scaty-BARK Hickory. Harp-HEAD Hickory. (Carya 
laciniosa (Michaux fils) Loudon). Plate 29. Bark on the trunk 
gray, separating into long plates, twigs stout, at first hairy, yellow- 
ish, becoming smooth or nearly so, buff or nearly orange color, which 
is peculiar to this tree, frequently retaining the leaf stalks of the 
leaves of the previous year; terminal bud large, ovoid, blunt, about 
2 em. (34 inch) long, outer scales brown, usually a dark brown, 
pubescent, generally keeled especially toward the apex, the lower 
pointed and nearly triangular in shape, outer scales persisting 
throughout the winter; leaves 2.5-5 dm. (10-20 inches) long, petioles 
and main axis more or less pubescent, leaflets 5-9, usually 7, ovate 
to oblong-lanceolate or obovate, the largest 1-2 dm. (4-8 inches) 
long, the lateral ones rounded and oblique at the base, the terminal 
one wedge-shaped at the base, all long taper-pointed at the apex, 
finely serrate, the lateral ones sessile, the terminal sessile or on a 
short stalk, hairy beneath when they unfold, becoming thick and 
a deep green above and remaining densely velvety hairy beneath, 
especially along the principal veins; fruit ovate, subglobose, oblong, 
or obovate, depressed at the apex, 5-8 em. (2-3 inches) long, some- 
what grooved along the sutures, especially towards the apex; nut 
broadly oblong or often obovate, usually longer than broad, some- 
times broader than long, flattened, blunt or sharp-pointed at either 
end, the obovate type usually rounded or notched at the apex, and 
smoother than the oblong type, which generally has 4-6 sharp ridges; 
shell generally 2-3 mm. (about 14 inch) thick at the thinnest points; 
kernel very sweet. 
Distribution. New York west to Iowa, south to Tennessee and 
west to Arkansas and Kansas. No study of the distribution of 
this species in the extreme northwestern part of the State has been 
made, but in the other parts it is more or less frequent in bottom 
lands and in moist rich woods. It is generally associated with the 
preceding species, preferring somewhat moister situations. It so 
much resembles the preceding species in general appearance that 
it is not commonly separated from it. 
The published records of the distribution are as follows: Car- 
roll (Thompson); Clark (Smith); Dearborn (Collins); Delaware, 
Jay, Randolph and Wayne (Phinney); Franklin (Meyncke); Gibson 
(Schneck); Jefferson (Coulter) and (Young); Knox (Ridgway); Kos- 
ciusko (Clark); Miami (Gorby); Noble (Van Gorder) ; Parke (Hobbs) ; 
Posey (Schneck); Steuben (Bradner); Vigo (Blatchley). 
