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ing glabrous and reddish-brown; winter buds ovoid, the terminal 
one about 6 mm. long at fruiting time and about 8 mm. (4 inch) 
in March, scales pointed, light or reddish-brown, more or less pub- 
esccat; leaves 1.5-3 dm. (6-12 inches) long, main axis smooth or 
nearly so; leaflets 3-9, generally 5 or 7, the lateral sessile, the termi- 
nal short stalked, 6-15 em. (214-6 inches) long. taper pointed at the 
apex, hairy at first, becoming at maturity glabrous and a dark 
yellow-green above, paler or a yellow-brown and smooth or with a 
few hairs in the axils of the veins beneath; fruit generally obovoid, 
varying to subglobose or elliptic, generally about 3-4 cm. (about 144 
inches) long, sutures elevated, usually somewhat depressed at the 
apex, husk rather thin, tardily separating, usually to nearly the 
middle, sometimes merely breaking open; nut varying from obovoid 
to elliptic, generally smooth, sometimes depressed both ways with 
rounded angles, tapering at the base, generally rounded at the apex, 
sometimes sharp-pointed; shell rather thick; kernel sweet or astring- 
ent. 
The species is quite variable and some forms are found which 
show great variation. The following is given as an example. 
Deam’s numbers 9,214 and 10,241 were taken from a tree in an 
open dry woods on the farm of Dr. J. Gardner, about four miles 
southwest of Bedford. The tree is about 3 dm. (12 inches) in dia- 
meter and has long branches, drooping almost to the ground. Bark 
of trunk nearly black, deeply fissured, the furrows about 4.5 em. 
(134 inches) deep, twigs at first densely covered with hairs, rarely 
somewhat smooth at maturity; terminal buds ovoid, rather blunt, 
1-2 cm. (about °% inch) long at fruiting time, outer scales decidu- 
ous, rather blunt, reddish brown, covered with scales and densely 
hairy, inner scales light brown and silky; leaves 2-4 dm. (8-16 inches) 
long, main axis stout and densely covered with brown hairs even at 
maturity; leaflets 7 or 9, lanceolate-oblong to lanceolate-obovate, 
5-18 cm. (2-7 inches) long, firm at maturity, dark green and smooth 
above, paler and a yellow-green below, and thickly covered with 
brown hairs; fruit subglobose, covered with yellow scales and some- 
what hairy, about 2.5 em. (1 inch) long; husk rather thick, tardily 
splitting to about the middle or below; nut globose, rounded at 
both ends, scarcely angled; shell thick; kernel sweet. This tree 
agrees very well with the description of variety odorata. 
Distribution. Maine west to Nebraska, south to Florida and 
west to Texas. Found throughout Indiana. Rare or frequent in 
the northern counties, frequent in almost all the southern counties, 
and in cut over land in the southern counties it is often the prin- 
