232 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



Mockernut. '^^® mockemut is a tall, slender tree 

 Carya tomentom. from 70 to 100 feet Mgh, with light 

 icaria alba. gray, close bark which does not scale 

 off. There are from seven to niae blunt-toothed 

 leaflets on a stem, which are deep yellow green 

 above and somewhat paler and rough 

 downy below ; they are very fragrant 

 when bruised. The large, thick- 

 shelled, brownish mit has a thick 

 husk which splits nearly to the base 

 when it is ripe ; the kernel is small 

 and indifferently flavored. Probably 

 the tree gets its name from the out- 

 ward promise of the nut, which the 

 small kernel fails to fulfill. 



The mockernut is found on lidges 

 and hillsides from J^ew England south- 

 Mockernutintask ^ard to Florida and Texas : westward 



and a leaflet. ' 



it extends to eastern Kansas and In- 

 dian Territory ; it is common in the South, but 

 rather local and rare in the If orth. 



Pignnt. '^^^ pigniitj sometimes called broom 



Carya pordna. hickory,* is a gracefuUy proportioned 

 HicoHa glabra. ^^^^ f j.^^ gg to 90 and occasionally 



* It is said that the early settlers used the wood split into thin, 

 narrow strips for brooms. 



