WALNUT FAMILY 



Iliioria ghibra now includes Carya microcarpa and Carya 

 porciiid ol Gray. In the species as now constituted tine fruit 

 varies greatly in form, being oval or globular as well as pyri- 

 form. The husk is always thin, smooth, often obscurfiy 

 •winged, and divided into four unequal valves. The kernel at 

 first is sweet to the taste, but fnially bitter. 



The number of leaflets varies from five to seven In the 

 variety C. microcarpa the leaflets are five and the leaf as a 

 whole is a small but faithful copy of that of the Shellbark. 

 But other trees are found whose leaflets are oftener seven 

 than Ave. 



'l"he bark is firm, close, usuall)' divided by small fissures ; 

 it rarely exfoliates, but when it does the plates are not more 

 than live or six inches lony;. 



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