180 
amara, 
porcina. 
& obcordata. 
B ficiformis. 
MONOECIA, POLYANDRIA. 
nuts are known by the name of Hickory-nuts, in contradistinc- 
tion to those of No. 2, which are called shell-barks. The shell 
of the present species 1s very thick, and difficult to crack. 
The kernel is also difficult to be got at, but sweet tasted. h. 
April. 
5. C. tree large; folioles 7-9 pairs, smooth, con- 
spicuously serrated, the odd one on short pe- 
tioles ; fruit subrotund-ovate, above the suture a 
little prominent; nut even, sub-globose, mucro- 
nate ; shell fragile, the kernel bitter.—Mich. f. 
Juglans amara, Mich. and others. 
Bitter-nut. White Hickory. Swamp Hickory. 
In rich woods, common. The kernel is exceedingly bitter 
and astringent. bh. May. 
6. C. leaves 5-7 pairs, ovate, acuminate, glabrous ; 
masculine aments compound, filiform, glabrous ; 
fruit pyriform or globose; nut small, smooth, 
very hard.—MWich. f. 
fruit globose ; nut obcordate, Mich. J. 4Arbr. forest. 
1. p. 206. t. 9. f. 3 and 4. 
Juglans obcordata, Willd. 
fruit turbinated ; nut oblong, Mich. f. Arbr. forest. 
1. p. 209. t..9. f, land 2. 
Juglans glabra, Willd. 
Pig Nut. Hog Nut. Broom Hickory. 
The fruit of this species is not, in general, esculent, though 
I have sometimes tasted it not disagreeable. The wood of the 
present tree is made into what are called hickory-brooms, for 
washing pavements, &c. Common. hk. April. 
367. ARUM. Gen. pl. 1387. (Aroidee.) 
Spatha cucullate.—Spadix above naked, be- 
low feminine, in the middle staminiferous. 
