MONOECIA POLYANDRIA, 
m 
Jbglans Compressa, Willd. Sp. pi. 4. p. 458. 
< Icon. J. Squamosa, Mich. arb. for. 1. p. 190. 
One of the largest and most valuable trees of this genus, remarkable for 
the exfoliation of the epidermis in old trees, whence it has acquired the name 
of shag or shaggy-barked Hickory. Leaves alternate, pinnate, leaflets 5 — 7> 
large, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, finely serrate. Ament of the sterile flo- 
rets 3-parted, long, pendulous. Female flowers terminal. Nut nearly sphe- 
rical, with two sides flattened and somewhat angled, the shell thinner than 
that of most of the other species of this genus. Pericarp thin, 4-parted, glo- 
bular, depressed at the summit. 
The timber of this tree is much used and valued wherever a close grained, 
strong, elastic fibre is required. It decays, however, quickly when exposed 
to the weather. Its nuts are preferred for the table to those of any other 
species. 
Grows in fertile soils. I have never seen it along the sea-coast of Caro- 
lina or Georgia. Around Columbia, however, it begins to appear, and pro- 
bably multiplies as you approach the Mountains. 
Flowers April. 
3. Tomentosa. Michaux. 
< 
C. foliolis sub-septe- 
nis novenisve, obovato- 
lanceolatis, acuminatis, 
laeviter serratis, subtus 
pubentissimis, sub- 
scabris; amends filifor- 
mibus, tomentosis; fruc- 
tibus sub-globosis, lae- 
vibus; nuce sub-sexan- 
gulata, putamine crassa 
durissima. 
Leaflets generally 7 
or 9, obovate-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, slight- 
ly serrate, pubescent 
underneath, slightly 
scabrous; ament fili- 
form, tomentose; fruit 
nearly spherical, 
smooth; nut somewhat 
6-angled, the shell 
thick and very hard. 
Nuttall, 2. p. 221. 
Juglans Tomentosa, Mich. 2. p. 192. Pursh, 2. p. 637. 
J. Alba, Willd. Sp. pi. 4. p. 457. Walt. p. 235. 
Icon. Mich. arb. for. 1. p. 184. 
A large tree. Leaves pinnate, leaflets sometimes only 5, generally 7 ? 
pubescent on the upper surface along the veins, very pubescent underneath, 
almost tomentose; pubescence, as in all of the species of this genus, stellu- 
lar. Ament of the sterile florets 3-parted, long, very tomentose. ( Scales 
2-parted, and with a dorsal bractea resembling a 3-parted calyx?) Stamens 
8. Fruit large. Nut compressed, somewhat ovak with 4 prominent apgles 
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