424 Ju^,LA^"DA(_EJ:. ^Iykkace.e. 



those of thi- nut ami falling away at inalufity; nut with bony cnistaceous sholl ( I'uilooarp i , 

 4-cflled at base. U-eelleil at apex: seed lobed anil vafiously gtooved, oil\" and usiuilly eclioU-, 

 sometimes bittef. 



The name is from the populai" name \yhieh is of Aiiieiioan Indian ofigiu. 



KEY TO THE Sl'KLTES. 

 a Bud si-ales few, vahate : sutures of fruit winged, latrral leadets mote or less lanceolate 

 ;tnd fa hate. 

 b Nut cinuijressed and keiairl tisuall.\" bittef ; sludl 



Smooth and [lale H. mijiima. 



Uiigose. angled, choeolate-'oloi- H. aquatica. 



b' Nut not eoinpressed : seed edibh- H. Pecan. 



a- Bud-seales numerous, imbricated; lateral leaflets slightly if at all fah-ate. I.roaih'r : sutures 

 not prominent (or s]ighrl.\" so in II. rilhisa) 

 b Husk of frttit usuall,\" thick, splitting to base 



c Bark exfoliating in long hnise plates — shagg.^" : nuts whitish thick-shelled 



Leaflets mostly :|-.:i and luit rounded at base H. ovata_. 



Leaflets mostly i-'.l and nut pointed at base H. laciniosa. 



c= Bark in close rotrgh ridges, not shagg,\- : leaflets 7-1 1 : I'oliaL:" frauiain and -odlate- 

 liubescent : nut usually 4-ridg(>d ;iud with thick browuisli shell.. H. alba, 

 b-' Husk of fruit thin and usually not siilittiug freely to iln- base. 



c Fridt nearly globose and luit small with thin shell and bark of old tiatnks exfoliating 

 in h>ng narrow strips 



Xut little flattened; middle lobe of stamiu;ite calyx short H. iniorocarpa. 



Xut muc b flattened ; miildle lobe of calyx hum- H. borealis. 



c" Fritit obo\-oid ov p,\"rifoian with smo(>th thick-shelled nut; bark i.hise 



Folia:;e ^labroits or nearly so H. glabra. 



Foliage provided beneath with silvei'y iieltate seniles H. villosa. 



/-'or .v/ecl, X .vcc ;i;). .1 .'-(I'.O nil,] flu' j nlln iri 1} a : 



SoRTUKRy IIU'I-:oi;y. //. hn)-,nli.^ .\.she. This is a name rccmilly given to certaiti small 

 ]rF:ckories fruind on i]vy uplands in ^Iichig;in near the iHaroit lii\"er. \^hiidi are allied to /-/. 

 niirn'rarjKi, but differing from it n^aiiifx" in ha\dng a loirger middle Io'm' of the stannn.aie 

 I'alyx and frtiit more flattened, with very thin laigose husk usually not siditting. The extent 

 of their distribution is not yet deiermineil. 



SWEET GALE FAMILY. ^IVRICACK-Ti. 



Sinnll aromatic ti'frs ■.wn] slirnlis wiih ;isi i-iiiii<'ut Inii'k ami of aliuut forty s;ppries .croiipod 



in two S'?nera onl}- ono of wliirh is arlior^s^'i'iit. Tliey are of \vit1e ilisiriliation tlirou^iiout the 



temperate ami warmer regions of both hemispheres. 



Linrfs simph"'. alternate, mostly rfsin-ilotted ami fi^aurant, rovohitc in tlie Innl. i^ersistent : 

 Itinls small ami sraly. Fhiwrrs in early siifin^* in uhlon^- aiuonts from the I'xils of th.-- leaves 

 of the ])revi(ins year, diiecioiis or mcnircimis. solitary in tho axils of brads: prrianth want- 

 ini;-, slaniinato with 4 to several slamons inscrtrd on the base of the smle wiih shaider 

 filaments nnitetl at base ; anthers ereri. inirorse. L'-rclh'd. loni^iindinally dehisi-ent : pistillate 

 flowers sintrle or in pairs, with 1-eelled ovary, shoi't style, '2 hlifovm stiii'mas ; ovule solitary, 

 erect, orthotropons. Fruit a small sn!\i;lobose drnpe eo\ered with waxy exndation ; seed eieet 

 with straight embi\vo. idani'-convi'x I'oiyledons ami no albumen. 



THE BAYBERRIES. Gexis :\IYR1C.V L. 



Trees and shiubs of abont seven sjieeies are re]U'esented in America and of tliese ihree 

 oii],\' are trees. One is confined to the I'acibc coast region aiiil tlie other two ari' iidiabitaiils 

 of sotttheastmai T'nited States, otie of these extending n(H-thw;ird into ^'irgitti!t or in shiit!tb,\ 

 form fartlu'r north. 



Lfrtrr.v seia-ate. dentate or entire, exsiipulaie, mostly resin-dotted. Floin rs : ovary 

 subtended by U-l shoia bractlels. I')int a small diaipe coveriMl wiili wax.\- exmlations. 



^riie name ]!f/rirn. thonL:h! to come frem ;i woi'il meaning In I'l rfu im , is the atieient 

 Greek natne of some fragranl shrub, and applied by Linmens to this genus. 



'■■"■ -v/^cox X., ,7,. Ill- 7/. 



CORK-WOOD FAMILY. I.RITXi: RTACE.Ti. 



Sm.'ill trees and shrubs of a singh> gimns anil species, willi exceedingly light wood, of 



southciii T'niled Slales .and the valley of (he St. Francis Itiver in soulheasiern Missouri and 



the valley of ilii> Ri-azos Bixer in Texas. 



I.iiir.x .■;-S in. long. deciduoMs. .alternale. petiolale. iii\oln(e in the lunl. oblong or 

 elliiU ic-laiiceid,ate. acute oi- acnniinale at apex, cnni'.ate al base. linn, rngose-iei ieiihiie. at 

 matui'it.N lustrous bright green abo\e \ilhiiis pnbcsceni below as ai'e the pelioles and bi-anch- 



