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with a fibrous-fleshy indehiscent epicarp, and a rough irregu- 

 larly furrowed endocarp or nut-shell. — Large trecs y with 

 strong scented aromatic bark, Sire , odd-pinnate leaves of many ser- 

 rate leaflets, and sterile Jlowers in amenis, the fertile terminal. 



1. J. CINEREA, L. Butternut. White Walnut. 



Leaflets numerous (15 to 17), oblong lanceolate, pointed, rounded at the baae, 

 downy bineath; petioles and brani'ilets downy with clammy hairs ; fruit oblong, 

 Acuminate, clammy; the nut deeply and irregularly furrowed. 



River banks and rich woods, common. Miy; fruit ripe in Sept. Tret 30 to 50 

 feet high, with gray bark, and widely spreading branches. Leaves 12 to 20 inchea 

 ion?. Barren ftowsrs in long amenta : fertile in short spikes. The kernel is oily 

 and pleasant -flavored. From the bark is extracted an excellent cathartic. 



2. J. nigra, L. Black Walnut. 



Leaflets numerous (15 to 21), ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, subcordate *i 

 bass, smooth above, the lower surface and the petioles minutely downy ; fruit glo- 

 bose, with scabrous punctures; 



Ri«h woods, common. May ; fruit ripe in Oct. A large handsome tree 60 to 90 

 feat high, with a diameter of 3 to 6 feet ; bark brown. Tbe wood is very valuable 

 fcr cabinet work, purplish-brown, turning blackish with age. 



2. CARYA, Nutfc. Hickory. 



Gr. Karua, the Walnut. 



Sterile flowers in slender lateral catkins, which are 

 mostly in threes on a common peduncle : calyx naked, un- 

 equally 3 -parted. Stamens 3 to 8 : filaments scarcely 

 any. Fertile flowers 2 to 3 together at the ends of the 

 branches, with a 4-toothed calyx, and no petals. Stigma 

 large, 4-lobed. Fruit globular, with a somewhat leathery 

 epicarp, which splits into 4 valves, and falls, away when ripe 

 from the smooth and slightly 4 to G angled nut-shell, whif'h 

 is incompletely 4-celled. — Trees, with hard and very tough 

 wood, odd-pinnate leaves of 5 to 9 leaflets, and sterile Jlowers in 

 branched aments; 

 » Scad edible and delicious: tarJ: exfoliating in shaggy strips or plates. 



1. C. alba, Nutfc. Shell-bark Hickory. 



Lexjkti 5, minutely downy underneath, finely serrate, ths 3 upper obOTaio- 

 lanceolate, tha lower much pm^ller and oblong-lanceolate, all acuminate; frMt 

 deprc3?ed-g'obuIar; nut somewhat flattened. 



Rich moist woods, common. April. May; fruit in Oct. A tall and hanclporoa 

 trc-e with rough and shaggy bark, consisting of long strips adhering by the nvdr 

 die or one end; the wood is valuable as timber, and especially for fuel. The fruit is 

 covered with a very thick epiearp separalicg into 4 parts, and. containing a whitiih 

 thin-shelled nut with, a large richiy-flavorcd kernel. 



2. C. SULCATA, Nutt. Thick Shell-bark Hickory. 



Leaflets 7 to 9, obcvate-lancoclate, downy underneath, sharply serrate; fruit 

 oval,4-ribb<;d above the middle with intervening furrows; nut etrocgly joints^ 

 8i»£btry flattened, with a thick yellowish shell. 



