DiOECIA.— PENTANDRIA 



TKIANDRIA. 



575. EMPETllUM. Crow-berry. Empetrco ,. 



! ). nigrum : procumbent ; leaves linear-oblong. 



HAD. Ui^h mountains. June. Shrub small , ever 

 green ; leav. densely imbricate ; j\. axill. 



576. B1YRICA. Gale. Salicince. 



i. M. Gale : leaves lanceolate, broader above, ser 



rate ; sterile ament imbricated ; scales acumi 



natc, ciliate; fruit scaly-capitate. 

 HAH. Borders of pond* and about mountain lakes. 



May. Shrub 3 — 4 ft. high ; fruit spicy. 

 2. M, ccrifera : leaves cuncate-lanceolate, with a few 



serratures at top, acute ; sterile aments loose ; 



scales acute ; fruit spherical, naked, distinct. 

 IIAB. Dry woods and copses. May. Shrub 2 — 6 



ft. high ; fruit small, covered with wax. 



577. VISCUM. Misseltoe. Loranthece. 



Y . verticillatum : leaves cuneate-oval, 3-nerved, ob 

 tuse ; spikes axillary, solitary, about as long a9 the 

 leaves ; sterile flowers mostly tnfid. 

 HAB. Parasitic on trees. Branch, oppos. ; sterile 

 /!. mostly trifid ; berry white,' diaph. 



PENTANDRIA. 



578. NYSSA. Tupelo. Combretacece. 



1 . N. zillosa : leaves oblong, very entire, acute at each 



end, the petiole, midrib, and margin villous ; fer- 

 tile peduncles 3 — G-flowered ; nut short-obovatc 

 obtusely striate. 

 JIAB. Low woods. Juue. A large tree ; branch, 

 horizont. ; fl. small, gr. ; drupe dark blue. 



2. N. biflora : leaves ovate-oblong, very entire, acute 



at each end, smooth ; fertile peduncles 2-flowered 

 drupe short-obovate ; nut obtusely striate. 

 UAB. Swamps. June. A large tree • drupe deer 

 blue. 



