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§ I. Nuts more or less quadrangular. Hickory, properly 
so called. 
SMALL FRUITED HICKORY. 
CARY A microcarpa; foliolis quinis ad septenis, oblongo- 
lanceolatis serratis promisse acuminatis glabris subtus 
glandulosis; amentis glabris, nuce subglobosa subquad- 
rangulata, testa tenui. 
Carya microcarpa. Nutt. Gen. Am., vol. 2. p. 221. Darling- 
ton, Flora Cestrica. [Ed. alt.] p. 545. 
Juglans compressa. a. microcarpa. Muhl. Catal., p. 88. Bart. 
Flor. Philad., vol. 2. p. 179. 
Juglans alba odor at a. Balsam Hickory. Marshall, p. 68. 
This species, allied to C. tomentosa, or the common 
Hickory, becomes a fine lofty spreading tree 60 to 80 feet 
high, having a diameter of 18 inches to 2 feet or more, 
with an even bark. I first observed it on the banks of 
the Schuylkill, in the vicinity of Philadelphia, and my 
friend Dr. Darlington remarks that it is frequent in 
moist woodlands in the vicinity of West Chester. The 
nut is of the same form nearly as that of C. tomen- 
tosa . , of a pleasant taste, with a thin shell, but usually 
small, not much exceeding the size of a nutmeg. It 
grows, I believe, also in Massachusetts, where I have 
seen these peculiar nuts. The wood is white and tough, 
and possessed of most of the good qualities which 
recommend the ordinary Hickory. This species is 
remarkable for the smoothness of its leaflets, which, in 
that respect, approach C. glabra or the Pig Nut, but 
they are every way larger and less deeply serrate; 2 or 
3 pairs with a terminal odd one, 4 to 8 or 9 inches long 
and 2 to 3 J inches wide, oblong-lanceolate, with shallow 
