. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. HICOEIA HICORIA 747 and laciniosa, for which see Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 7, pi. 20-23 and Gng. 2:226. See Fecan. myristicasf6rrais, Britt. (Carija myristiemfdrniis, Nutt.). Nl-t5ieg-Hickory. Tree, to 100 ft. with dark brown barb, broken into appressed scales : Ifts. 5-11, short-stalked or almost sessile, ovate-lanc
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. HICOEIA HICORIA 747 and laciniosa, for which see Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 7, pi. 20-23 and Gng. 2:226. See Fecan. myristicasf6rrais, Britt. (Carija myristiemfdrniis, Nutt.). Nl-t5ieg-Hickory. Tree, to 100 ft. with dark brown barb, broken into appressed scales : Ifts. 5-11, short-stalked or almost sessile, ovate-lanceolate, the uppermost much larger and obovate, serrate, sctirfy-pu- bescent beneath when j^ouug and with brown scales above, at length dark green above, silvery and lustrous beneath, 3-5 in. long: staminate catkins peduncled: fr. generally solitary, short-ovoid or obovate, about 13^ in. long; nut ovoid, reddish brown marked with irregular spots and stripes, thick-shelled, 4-celled below; kernel sweet. From S. Car. to Ark. and Mex. 7 A very decorative species on account of its handsome foliage, but not hardy North. BB. Ifxtt usualhj as broad as long, compressed with irregularly angled or reticulate surface, thin- shelled, 4-celled below : kernel bitter. aquAtica, Britt. (Carya aqudtica, Nutt.). Watee- HiOKORT. Bitter Pecan. Usually small tree, rarely to 100 ft., with light brown bark separating into long, thin plates: Ifts 7-13, sessile or short-stalked, lanceolate, long-acuminate, finely serrate, yellowish tomentose when young, glabi'ous at length, fr. 3-4, ovoid to broadly obo- vate, l-lJ-2 in. long ; husk thin, splitting to the base; nut obovate, much compressed, irregularly angled and ridged, dull reddish brown; kernel very bitter. From Va. to 111., south to Fla. and Tex. 7:344-45. 12,7-8. minima, Britt. (Carya amdra, Nutt.). Bttter Nut. SwAJip-HiOKOKY. Tree, to 100 ft.: bark grayish brown, broken into thin scales: young branches and petioles glab
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