HICOKIA 



HTCORIA 



nod lacinioso, for which see Rep. Mo. But. Oard. 7. pi. 

 20-23 and Gug. 2:2'26. See Pecan. 



myristicaeSbrmis, Britt. ( Carya myrisiica'fonni^ , 

 Nutt.). Nutmeg-Hickory. Tree, to 100 ft. with dark 

 brown bark, broken iuto appressed scales: If ts. 5-11, 

 short-stalked or almost sessile, ovate-lanceolate, the 

 uppermost much larger and obovate, serrate, scurfy-pu- 

 bescent beneath when young and with bi'own scales 

 above, at length dark green above, silvery and lustrous 

 beneath, 3-5 in. long: staminate catkins peduucled: fr. 

 generally solitary, shortovoid or obovate, about Wi in. 

 long; nut ovoid, reddish brown marked with irregular 

 spots and stripes, thick-shelled, 4-celled below; kernel 

 sweet. From S. Car. to Ark. and Mex. S.S. 7:342-43.— 

 A very decorative species on account of its handsome 

 foliage, but not hardy North. 



BB. Nut usttaUn as broad as long , roinpres.st>d wlfii 

 irregidarly oitgfed or reticulate surface, t}ii)i- 

 shelled, 4-ceUed bi'loiv : kernel bifter. 



aquAtica, Britt. {Canja aqudfica, Nutt.). Water- 

 HiCKOKY. BiTTKR Peoan. Uyually small tree, rarely to 

 100 ft., with light brown bark separating into long, thin 

 plates; Ifts 7-13, sessile or short-stalked, lanceolate, 

 long-acuminate, finely serrate, yellowish tonientose when 

 young, glabrous at length . fr. 3-4, ovoid to broadly obo- 

 vate, l-ly-2 in. long ; husk thin, splitting to the base; 

 nut obovate, much compressed, irregularly angled and 

 ridged, diill reddish brown; kernel very bitter. From 

 Va. to 111., south to Flu. and Tex. S.8. 7:344-45. 

 U.S.N.C. 12, 7-8. 



minima, Britt. {Cariiaai/idra, Nutt.). Bitter Nut. 

 Swamp-Hickory. Tree, to 100 ft. : bark grayish brown, 

 broken iuto thin scales: young branches and petioles 

 glabrous: Ifts. 5-9, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate-acumi- 

 nate, densely serrate, pubescent when young and glan- 

 dular, almost glabrous at length, 3-6 in. long ; fr. 2-3, 

 broadly obovate or subglobose, winged from the apex to 

 the middle, ^4-13-2 in. long ; husk thin, splitting some- 

 what below themiddle; nutslightly compressed, round- 

 ish, abruptly contracted into a short point, irregularly 



1062. Characteristic g:rowth of the Pignut Hickory. 

 Hicoria glabra. 



reticulate ; kernel bitter. Quebec to Minn., south to 

 Fia. and Tex. S.S. 7:340-41. Em. 226. -A valuable 

 park tree, with handsome, rather In-oad head, growing 

 in cult, more rapidly than other Hickories. 



1063. Hicoria glabra, var. microcarpa— the false Shag;bark. 



AA. Scales of buds imhricafe, more than 0: fr, not or 

 sUijhtJii iringcd at the sutures : nut u.sh<i Hi/ 

 thl'e/.--sh, ttrd, 4-erll<d bcJoir : If/s. .:-!>. nnf fal- 

 cate, iJie iqiperi)ii>st l<irger and g'.nerallifvhnvatr. 

 B. Bvils snnfj], '^i-'^fjn. tong: hu.s],- thin : nut sjightl g 

 or not angled. 

 glabra, Britt. (Cart/a porc)na,l>lutt.). Pignvt. Figs. 

 1001, 1002. Tree, occasionally to 120 ft., with usually 

 dark gray fissured bark and slender, glabrous branch- 

 lets : Ifts. 3-7, almost sessile, oblong to oblong-lanceo- 

 late, long-acuminate, sharply serrate, almost glabrous, 

 3-6 in. long: fr. usually ovoid or obovate, the sutures 

 usually slightly winged toward the apes and the busk 

 splitting mostly only half way to the base; nut usually 

 brownish, not angled ; kernel mostly astringent. S.S. 

 7:352-53. A.G. 11:386-7. U.S.N.C. 12, 5. -A very hand- 

 some park tree, with rather imrrow-oblong 

 head and slender, often pendulous branch- 

 lets, especially in the following var. A very 

 variable tree, and the following varieties 

 are considered by some botanists as dis- 

 tinct species. 



Var. microcarpa, Trel. {Cariia niicro- 

 cdrpa, Nutt.). Figs. 1003-6. Bark more 

 or less shaggy: Ifts. quite glabrous, often 

 somewhat broader: fr. subglobose ; husk 

 splitting nearly to 

 the base; nut grayish 

 or whitish, angled. 

 rather thin - shelled, 

 often broader than 

 long ; kermd sweet. 

 From Quebec to 

 Mich., south to Fla. 

 A.G. 11:381-88. 1, 2, 

 5, 8, 10. U.S.N.C. 12. 

 4, 6. — Often very dis- 

 tinct. Probably 77. 

 boreah's, Ashe, be- 

 longs to this variety. 

 Var. Odorata. Sarg. 1064. Fruit of H. glabra. io65. Twip of 

 Similar to and often var. microcarpa. Hicoria glabra, 



united with the for- the false Shagbark. var. 



mer. Bark fissured, Xtitural size. microcarpa. 



