Engramngs. Willd. Arb., t. 7-; Michx. Arb., I. t. 8 .; North Amer. Sylva, t. 37.; and o u r/g . 142,5,
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaflets, in a leaf, 7—9 ; obovate-acuminate, argutely ser-
rate; downy beneath. Fruit roundish, having 4 longitudinal ridges that
extend from the tip to the middle, and 4 intervening depressions, or ftuTows.
Husk dividing from one extremity to the other, in the line of the furrows,
into 4 equal valves. Nut subglobose, slightly compressed, having a bng mucro
at the tip and a siiorter stouter one at the base ; yellowish. Bark exfoliating
in long narrow strips. (Michx.) A large deciduous tree. Alleghany
Mountains, iu fertile valleys. Height 60 ft. to 80 ft. Introduced m 1804.
Flowers greenish; May. Fruit with a greenish husk, enclosing a yellowish
nut ; ripe in November.
The leaves vary in length from 18 in. to 20 in., and are composed of from 7
to 9 leaflets ; whereas in C. ¿Iba, the shell-bark hickory, the leaflets are invariably
5. The barren catkins are long, glabrous, filiform, and pendulous ;
3 being united on a common petiole, attached to the bases of the young shoots.
The fertile flowers appear, not very conspicuously, at the extremity of the
UW. C. MiIcAlft.
shoots of the same spring. They are succeeded by a large oval fruit, more
than 2 in long, and 4 or 5 inches in circumference. It has four depressed
seams, which, at complete maturity, open throughout their whole length for
the escape of the nut. The shell is thick, and of a yellowish hue; while that
of the C. alba is white.
¥ 7. C. p o r c T n a Nutt. The Pig-«ni Carya, or Hickory.
Identification. Nutt. Gen. N. Amor. Pl., 2. p. 222.
Synoniiines. Jùglans porcina « obcordata M?rA.r. Aro. 1.
p. 206. ; J . porcina var. with fruit round, and somewhat
rough, Mick.v. North Amer. St/lva I. p. 196. ; J . ohcor-
dàta Mühlenh. in Nov. Act. t>oc Nat. Scrui. Berol. 3.
p. 392. ; Pig-nut, Hog-nut, Broom Hickory.
Eneravings. Michx. Arb., l . t . 9. f. 3,4.5 North Amer.
Syiva, 1. t. 38. f. 3, 4. ; Dend. Brit., t. l67. ; and our
figs. 1426, 1427. and 142S.
Spec. Char., 4^. Leaflets 5—7 in a leaf,
ovate-acuminate, serrate, glabrous, dotted
beneath with dots of resinous matter ; terminal
leaflet sessile. Nut obcordate. Fruit
round, somewhat rough. (Michx.) See
our./?g. 1426. a, and^g. 1428. a. A lofty
tree. North America, in the middle,
western, and southern states, on the horders
of swamps. Height 70 ft. to 80 ft. Introd. 1736. Flowers greenish ;
May. Fruit with a greenish husk, enclosing a brownish n u t; ripe November.
1127. C. porcina.
Variety,
C . 2 gidhra. Jiiglans porcina ficiformis Michx. Arh. i. p
J. g\ahra Miihl.m Nov. Aci. Soc. Nat. &c. iii. p. 391. (Our
1426. h, and 1428. b.) — Husk of the fruit shaped like a small fig,
instead of being round, like the species.
The leaves generally consist
of three pairs of leaflets, and
an odd one. The leaflets are
4 or 5 inches long, acuminated,
serrated, nearly sessile, and
glabrous on both sides. On
vigorous trees which grow in
shady exposures the petiole is
of a violet colour. The husk
of the fruit is thin, of a beautiful
green; and, when rijie, it
opens through half its length
for the passage of the nut,
which is small, smooth, and
very hard, on account of the
thickness of the shell. The
kernel is sweet, but meagre,
and difficult to extract, from
the firmness of the partition.
These nuts, in America, are
never carried to market, but
serve for food for swine, racoons,
and numerous squirrels which people the forests,
stronger and better than that of any other kind of hickory.^ Ihcre were
numerous specimens in the Bois de Boulogne in 1840, which were sown
by Michaux fils in 1822.
i 8 . a m y r k t i c a ! f o ' r m ! s Nutt. The Niitmcg-like-/«iM Carya, or Nutmeg
Hickory.
Idenlificaiion. Nutt. Gen. Amer. Pl., 2. p. 222.