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Leaflets 7 to 11, rough-hairy beneath ; 

 nut thick-shelled, with thick husk; 



bark of tree rough but not shaggy, (p. 87.) White Hickory. 



Leaflets scurfy beneath with silvery 

 particles ; leafstem and midribs hairy ; 

 nuts thick-shelled, the husk usually 

 adhering to it ; bark very rough ; small 

 trees on sandy soil ; throughout except 

 high mountains Sand Hickory 1 . 



Leaflets 7 or more, and leafstem, often 

 smooth ; nuts thin-shelled-and bitter ; husk 

 thin and adhering to the nut ; end buds, 

 long, yellow, without scales (naked). 



Leaflets 7 to 11, soft-velvety or smooth- 



ish beneath ; nut large, very thin-shelled 



and bitter; husk thin. (p. 84.) Bitternut Hickory. 



Leaflets 9 to 13, smooth ; nut small, very 



thin-sbelled and bitter; confined to the 



lower Cape Fear section, (p. 85.) Water (bitternut) Hickory. 



(7i) Leaflets smaller, over 11 in number ; fruit a 

 nut with a husk or rind which does not split 

 at all on the mature nut ; pith brown, cham- 

 bered. — Walnuts. 



Leaflets soft- velvety ; fruit nearly round, (p. 83.) Black Walnut. 



Leaflets clammy or sticky ; fruit oblong, (p. 84.) White Walnut. 



(2) LEAVES COMPOUND AND PLACED OPPOSITE ON THE TWIG. 



(a) Leaflets 5 or 7, spreading from the same point 

 at the end of the leaf-stem ; fruit 2 or 3 brown 



nuts in a yellow or brownish husk. (p. 47.) Buckeye., 



(b) Twigs and buds green and shining ; leaflets 3 



or 5, coarsely toothed ; fruit with 2 wings, (p. 53.) Boxelder. 



(c) Twigs stout and brown ; buds brown and 

 scurfy ; fruit with a single wing. — Ashes. 



(1) The very broad wiDg entirely surround- 

 ing the seed ; leaflets 5 to 9, green both 



sides; eastern, (p. 73.) Water Ash 



(2) Fruit narrowly winged at one end only ; 

 leaflets 7 to 9. 



Leaves whitened beneath ; twigs 



either smooth or velvety, (p. 70.) White Ash. 



Twigs, buds and green lower surface 

 of leaves velvety ; fruit narrowly 

 winged, (p. 72.) Red Ash. 



Twigs and leaves smooth ; leaves 



bright green beneath, sharply toothed, (p. 73.). Green Ash. 



(3) LEAVES SIMPLE AND PLACED OPPOSITE ON THE TWIG. 



(a) Leaves entire, thin, oblong, large, over 2 inches 



long, downy beneath ; flowers, slender, droop- . 



ing, white; fruit plum-like Fringe Tree 2 



(I/) Leaves evergreen, thick, smooth, pointed, 3 to 



5 inches long ; fruit large, 1-seeded ; rich 



hummocks along thecoast Devilwood or Olive 3 . 



■Hioorla villosa <Sarg.) Ashe. 



2 CMonanthus vir^inica, Linnaeus. 



aO^mauthusamericanus, (Linnaeus) Bentnam & Hooker. 



