1C8 CORXACF^E. (DOGWOOD FAMILY.) 



drupes pale blue. — Pry woods, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. 

 June. — A shrub or small tree. Brandies slender and sometimes warty. 



* * Flowers capitate, subtended by a white i-leaved involucre. 



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

 both sides ; flowers greenish ; drupes ovoid, red. — Oak woods, common. Ma\ . 

 — A small tree. Wood hard and close-drained. Leaves of the involucre cniar- 

 ginate and thickened at the summit, showy. 



2. NYSSA, L. Sour Gum. 



Flowers dioecio-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-toothed or obsolete. Petals 5, minute, or want- 

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

 Ovary 1 -celled. Prupc 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 oval or obovate, mostly acute, tomen- 

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

 3 - 8-flowered ; drupes ovoid, dark blue. — Rich 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 l£'- 

 3' long. Prupc £' long. 



2. N. aquatica, L. Branches, leaves, &c tomentose when young, nt 

 length nearly smooth; leaves short-petiolcd, 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 BWamps 

 Bometimes a mere shrub. Leaves l'-2' long. Peduncles £'-1' long. Prupe 

 smaller than in the last. 



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



entire or sharply toothed, tomentose beneath, the lower ones often cordate ; fer- 

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

 tomentosa, MicJtx. N. grandidentata, Michx. /.) — Deep Bwamps and ponds, 



Florida t<> North Carolina, and westward. April. — A large tree. Leaves 

 4' - G' long. Prupe 8" - 1 2" long. 



* * Sterile flowers capitate* 



4. N. capitata, Walt. (Ooebchbb Limb.) Leaves large, short-petioled, 

 oblong, oval or obovate, mueronate or acute, tomentose beneath ; Bowers below 

 the leaves, the fertile ones perfect, solitary, on v*rj short peduncles ; drupe ob- 

 long, red. — Bwamps, Florida and Georgia, near flte coast, and westward. — 

 A Mnall tree. Leaves 8'-6' long. Drupe I'long, agreeably acid. 



