412 JUGLANDACEJE. (WALNUT FAMILY.) ( 
Valleys along and near the Alleghany Mountains. Nuts nearly a 
sweet-tasted as in the last. 
* * Seed sweetish , but small: valves of the husk not separating to the 
base : nut hard-shelled : bark not shaggy. 
3. C. tomentosa, Nutt. (Mocker-nut. White-heart 
Hickory.) Leaflets 7 — 9, oblong- or obovate-lanceolate, slightly ser¬ 
rate, roughish-downy underneath as well as the petiole ; aments hairy ; 
fruit globular or ovoid, with a thick and hard husk , which splits almost 
to the base; nut somewhat 6-angled, the shell very thick and hard 
(light brown). Rich woods, common. — A tall tree with resinous- 
scented foliage, and cracked bark on the larger trunks; the wood cel¬ 
ebrated for its excellence as fuel. The small kernel is difficult of ex¬ 
traction from the thick and bony nut. — A var. maxima, Nutt., bears 
fruit as large as an apple, with an exceedingly thick husk. 
4. C. microc&rpa, Nutt. (Small-fruited Hickory.) 
Leaflets 5-7, oblong-lanceolate, serrate, glandular underneath (not 
downy); aments smooth ; fruit roundish-ovoid, with a thin husk; nut 
slightly 4-angled, the shell rather thin. — Moist woodlands, Penn, (and 
N. England ?).— Bark even. Fruit only | f in diameter, shaped like 
that of the last; the foliage much as in the next species. 
5 ‘ C. glabra, Torr. (Pig-nut or Broom Hickory.) Leaflets 
5-7, ovate-lanceolate, serrate, smooth or nearly so; fruit pear-shaped 
or roundish-obovate , thin, splitting about half way down into 4 coria¬ 
ceous valves; nut hard and tough, with a sweetish or bitterish small 
kernel. (C. porclna, JVutt.) — Woodlands, common. — A large tree, 
with a close bark, very tough and valuable wood, and exceedingly 
tough sprouts (used as hickory withes) : the fruit and nuts of variable 
form. 
* * * Seed intensely bitter : the nut-shell thin and fragile: husk thin 
and soft. 
C. aniura, Nutt. (Bitter-nut or Swamp Hickory.) Leaf¬ 
lets 7-11, oblong-lanceolate, serrate, smooth; fruit globular, with 
ridged or prominent seams opening half way down ; nut inversely 
heart-shaped.-—Wet woods, common. — A graceful tree, with close 
bark, and small pointed buds nearly destitute of scales; the timber in¬ 
ferior to the other hickories. Nut-shell so fragile that it may be 
crushed with the hand ; the bitter kernel remarkably corrugated. 
Order 101. CUPUEIFERiE. (Oak Family.) 
Trees or shrubs , with alternate and simple straight-vein• 
ed leaves , deciduous stipules , and monoecious Jlowers ; the 
sterile in catkins ( aments) (or capitate-clustered in the 
Beech), the fertile solitary or clustered , furnished with on 
