236 BIOECIA. PENTANDBIA. 



Order V.— PENTANDRIA. 



788. NYSSA. L. (Tupelo, Sour Gum-Tree.) 

 Heumaphrodite. Calix 5-parted. Corolla 

 none. Pistill 1. Drnpe inferior. JViti 1 -seeded. 

 Masc. Stamina 5, 8, 10 and 12, seated around 

 a peltate giand. 



Trees with alternate entire leaves; flowers axillary, ag- 

 gregated or solitary, clusters pedunculate; fruil succulent, 

 red oi- blackish, purple and pruinose.' Germ sometiimes 

 2-seeded, Style simple, revolute. 



Species. 1. N. villosa. (S»ur Gum.) % bifiora. 3* 

 candicuns. Hab. From Virginia to Florida. The fruit of 

 this tree called Ogechee lime, as well as that of the 2 follow- 

 ing, gathered a little before maturity is preserved with 

 sugar, and forms an agreeable conserve tasting^somewhat 

 like Cranberrys. 4. tomentosa. Culled Wild Olive. 5. 

 dentic:data. 



A North American genus- 



rSO. ZANTIiOXYLUM. Z. (Prickly Ash, Tooth 

 ache Tiee.) 



Masc. Calix 5-parted. Corolla none. Sta- 

 mina 3, to 5 or 6. Pistills 3 to 5. Capsules 5 

 to 5, each 1-seeded. 



Small trees or shrubs, prickly or unarmed; leaves alter- 

 itate, nequally pinnate, rarely ternate, for the most part 

 pellucidly punctate; flowers axillary, fasciculate or rarely 

 racemose. 



Species. l.Z. Clnva HercuUa. 2. frnxineum. Indige- 

 nous also to Upper Louisiana. 3. tricarpunu Common 

 around Savannah in Georgia. 



A genus of about 13 species, all except the above, and 

 1 in India, indigenous to tropical America. 



790. IRESINE. Z. 



Masc. Calix 2>leaved» Corolla of 5 petals. 

 Zepanfhia 5 or 7. Fem. Stigmas e, sessile, 

 Caj)sule many-seeded, at length toaientos«» 



