1C8 CORXACE^. (dogwood FAMILY.) 



drupes pale bine. — Dry woods, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. 

 Jane. — A shrub or FmuU tree. Branches slender and sometimes warty. 



* * Flowers capitate, subtended by a white A-haved involucre. 



6. C. florida, L. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or ovate, at length smooth on 

 both sides ; flowers p;recnisli ; drupes ovoid, red. — Oak woods, common. May. 

 — A small tree. Wood hard and close-grained. Leaves of the involucre cmar- 

 ginatc and thickened at the summit, showy. 



2. NYSSA, L. Sour Gum. 



Flowers dia>cio-polygamous. Sterile flowers in many-flowered heads or cymes. 

 Calyx 5-partcd. Stamens 5-10. Petals and pistil none. Fertile flowers single 

 or few in a head. Calyx-limb 5-tootlied or obsolete. Petals 5, minute, or want- 

 ing. Stamens 5 - 10, mostly sterile. Style long, revolutc. Stigma decurrent. 

 Ovary 1 -celled. Drupe 1-seeded. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire 

 or rarely toothed, finely reticulated. Flowers small, greenish, on axillary or 

 lateral peduncles. • 



* Sterile flowers in loose clusters. 



1. "N, multiflora, Wang. Leaves ov.il or obovate, mostly acute, tomen- 

 tose when young, at length shining above : fertile peduncles long and slender, 

 3 - 8-flowcred ; drupes ovoid, dark blue. — llich upland woods, Florida to Mis- 

 sissippi, and northward. May. — A tree 30° -50° high, with widely spreading 

 branches. Leaves rather thick, dark green, 2'- 5' long. Fertile peduncles 1^'- 

 3' long. Drupe ^' long. 



2. "N. aquatica, L. Branches, leaves, &c. tomentosc when young, at 

 length nearly smooth ; leaves short-petioled, varying from lanceolate to orbicu- 

 lar, obtuse, sometimes slightly cordate ; peduncles short, the fertile ones 1-2- 

 flowered ; drupes oval, blue. — Ponds and swamps, Florida to North Carolina, 

 and westward. April and May. — A large tree, or in pine-barren swamps 

 sometimes a mere shrub. Leaves l'-2' long. Peduncles ^'-1' long. Drupe 

 smaller than in the last. 



3. N. liniflora, Walt. Leaves large, long-petioled, ovate or oblong, acute, 

 entire or sliarply toothed, tomentosc beneath, the lower ones often cordate ; fer- 

 tile peduncles elongated, 1 -flowered ; drupes ovate-oblong, dark blue. (N. 

 tomentosa, Mic/ix. N. grandidentata, Michx. f.) — Deep swamps and ponds, 

 Florida to North Carolina, and westward. April. — A laige tree. Leaves 

 4' - 6' long. Drupe 8" - 1 2" long. 



* * Sterile flowers capitate. 



4. N. capitata, Walt. (OoiiEciiEK Limk.) Leaves largo, short-petiolod, 

 oblong, oval or obovate, mucronatc or acute, tomentosc beneath ; flowers below 

 the leaves, tiic fertile ones perfect, solitary, on very short peduncles ; drupe ob- 

 long, red. — Swamps, Florida and dcorgia, near the coast, and westward. — 

 A small tree. Leaves 3'-j' long. Dru)ie I'long, agreeably acid. 



