738 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
are serrated, long in proportion to their breadth, and very similar to the leaves 
of a peach tree. The husk is thin ; and the nuts are small, somewhat rough, 
of a reddish colour, and very tender. The kernel is in folds, and too bitter 
1421. C. aquatica. 1422. C, aquatica, 
to be eatable. This species appears to require a great deal of warmth and 
moisture. The wood is light, weak, and very far inferior to every other kind 
of hickory. 
#4. C. romento'’sa Nutt. The tomentose Carya, or Mocker-nut Hickory. 
Identification. Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. PI., 2. p. 221. 
Synonymes. Jiglans &lba Lin. Sp. Pl. 1415. according to Willd. Sp. Pl.,in Pursh’s Flora this is 
referred to J. &lba Miche. Fl. Bor. Amer., C. alba Nutt. ; J. alba Mill. Dict. No.4.; J. tomentosa 
Miele Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. p.192.; White-heart Hickory, common Hickory, Amer.; Noyer dur, 
Engravings. Michx. Arb., 1. t. 6.; North Amer. Sylva, 1. t. 35. ; and our jig. 1423. 
Spec. Char., §c. Petiole downy beneath. Leaflets, in a leaf, 7—-9; obovate- 
lanceolate, serrate with shallow teeth; downy and rough beneath; lateral 
ones sessile. Cat- 
kin very tomen- 
tose. Fruit, on 
some trees, glo- 
bose, with de- 
pressions in the 
husk at the su- 
tures; on other 
trees, oblong, 
with angles at 
the sutures. Nut 
with 4—6 angles 
In its transverse 
outline, having a 
short and capi- 
tate beak at the 
tip. Shell some- 
what channeled. 
(Miche.) A 
large deciduous 
tree. New Eng- 
land to Virginia, 
and on the Al- 
leghany Moun- 
tains, in forests where the soil is fertile. Height 50 ft. to 60 ft. Intro- 
duced in ?1766, Flowers pale rose-coloured; May. Fruit with a green 
huks, enclosing a brownish nut ; ripe in November. 
1423, C. tomentdsa. 
