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NOTES ON VIRGINIA.
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Scaly bark hiccory. Juglans alba cortice ſquamoſo. Clayton.
Common hiccory. Juglans alba, fructu minore rencido. Clayton.

Paccan, or Illinois nut. Not deſcribed by Linnæus, Millar, or Clayton. Were I to venture to deſcribe this, ſpeaking of the fruit from memory, and of the leaf from plants of two years growth, I ſhuld ſpecify it as the Juglans alba, foliolis lanceolatis, acuminatis, ſerratis, tomentoſis, fructu minore, ovato, compreſſo, vix inſculpto, dulci, putamine tenerrimo. It grows on the Illinois, Wabaſh, Ohio, and Miſſiſippi. It is ſpoken of by Don Ulloa under the name of Pacanos, in his Noticias Americanas. Entret. 6.

Black walnut. Juglans nigra.
White walnut. Juglans alba.
Cheſnut. Fagus caſtanea.
Chinquapin. Fagus pumila.
Hazlenut. Corylus avellana.

Grapes. Vitus. Various kinds though only three deſcribed by Clayton.

Scarlet Strawberries. Fragaria Virginiana of Millar.
Whortleberries. Vaccinium uliginoſum.
Wild gooſeberries. Ribes groſſularia.
Cranberries. Vaccinium oxycoccos.
Black raſpberries. Rubus occidentalis.
Blackberries. Rubus fruticoſus.
Dewberries. Rubus cæſius.
Cloudberries. Rubus Chamæmorus.
3. Plane-tree. Platanus occidentalis.
Poplar.  Liriodendron tulipifera.
Populus heterophylla.