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there is no good reason to doubt its identity, nor question 

 the validity of this name, which should remain as the 

 true and original one, and all others of later date be 

 placed among the synonyms. 



Synonyms : 



Juglans {alba) minima, Marshall, 1785. 



Juglans cordiformis, Wangenheim, 1787. 



Juglans angustifolia, Lainarck, 1791. 



Juglans amara, Michaux, 1810. 



HicTcorius amarus, Eaflnesque, 1817. 



Carya amara, Nuttall, 1818. 



Nutmeg hickory {Hicoria myri&ticmformis. Mi- 

 chaux). — Leaflets five to seven, ovate-lanceolate, pointed, 

 quite smooth on both sides, the terminal leaflet sessile, 

 not stalked ; fruit oval ; husk wrinkled and rough, 

 thick ; nut small, oval, short-pointed ; the shell furrowed 

 and very hard, and of a brownish color marked i^ith 

 white lines. Michaux says : " The shell is so thick that 

 itconstibutes two-thirds of the volume of the nut, which, 

 consequently, is extremely hard, and has a minute kerl 

 nel. It is inferior to the pignut." 



A medium-.size tree with slender branches, found in 

 a few localities in' South Carolina, near swamps and bor- 

 ders of streams, and westward to Arkansas, where it 

 reaches its greatest development. This hickory has 

 been so rarely seen by botanists that Michaux's specific 

 name, given it more than eighty years ago, has fared a 

 better fate than those of our more common and abundant 

 species ; consequently, I have only one synonym to re- 

 cord, viz. : Carya amara, var. myristicmformis, Cooper, 

 in Smithsonian Report, 1858. 



Water hickory, swamp hickory, bitter pb- 

 CAN {Hicoria aquatica. Michaux). — Leaflets nine to 

 thirteen, generally eleven, narrow and obliquely lanceo- 

 late-pointed, slightly serrate, thin and smooth ; fruit 

 globular or somewhat egg-shaped, four-ribbed ; husk 



