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SHELLBARK HICKORY. 
JuGLANs SQUAMOSA. J. foHoHs quînîs, majonbus, longé petiolatis, ovato-acumu 
natis, serratis, subliis villosis, impari sessili^ amentis masculis, compositis, 
glabris,Jiliformibus: fructu globoso, depresso, majore ; nuce compressa albâ. 
Càrya Alba. Nutt. 
The singular disposition of the bark in this species, has given rise to the 
descriptive names of Shellbark, Shagbark, and Scalybark Hickory, the first 
of which, as being most generally in use in the Middle and Southern 
States, I have adopted. Many descendants of the Dutch settlers, who in- 
habit the parts of New Jersey near the city of New York, call it Kisky 
Thomas nut, and the French of Illinois know it by the name of JVoyer 
tendre^ or Soft Walnut. 
Beyond Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, I have not observed the Shell- 
bark Hickory; and even there, its vegetation being impeded by the rigor 
of the climate, its stature is low and itg fruit small. I have not found it in 
the forests of the District of Maine,"*^ nor in those of Vermont, situated a 
little higher toward the north. It abounds on the shores of Lake Erie, 
about Geneva in Genessee, along the river Mohawk, in the neighbourhood 
of Goshen in New Jersey, and on the banks of the rivers Susquehannah 
and Schuylkill in Pennsylvania. In Maryland, in the lower parts of Vir- 
ginia, and in the other Southern States, it is less common. In South Caro- 
lina, I have not noticed it nearer Charleston than the parish of Goose 
Creek, about 24 miles distant. It is met with in the Western States, but 
not as frequently as the following species, — the Thick Shellbark Hickory, 
to which it bears a striking analogy, and with which it is confounded hy 
the inhabitants. East of the Alleghanies, the Shellbark Hickory grows 
almost exclusively about swamps and wet grounds, which are exposed to 
be inundated for several weeks together: in these situations, it is found in 
company with the Swamp White Oak, Red-flowering Maple, Sweet Gum, 
Buttonwood and Tupelo. Of all the Hickories, this species grows to the 
greatest height with proportionally the smallest diameter, for it is some- 
times seen 80 or 90 feet high, and less than two feet thick. The trunk is 
destitute of branches, regularly shaped, and of an almost uniform size for 
three quarters of its length, thus forming a very fine tree. The greatest 
* [The Shellbark Hickory is found in the county of York, in Maine. Emerso.v.] 
