DIOECIA PENTANDRIA 



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DIOECIA PENTANDRIA. 



HAMILTONIA. Muhl. 



Masculi. 



Calyx 5 



Sterile Jloret, 



Ca 



fidiis. Corolla 0, Nec'\lyx 5'c\eii. Corolla 0, 

 tarium discus 5-denta- Nectary a disk 5-tootIi- 



tus. 



Stamina 5. 



Poeminei, 



a 



fidus. 



lyx 5- 



Corolla 0. Nec- 



tarium discus 5-denta- 

 tus. Pistillum 1. Dru' 

 pa infer a? ** 



i. Oleifera. Mulil. 



ed. 



Stamens 5. 



Fertile florets. 



Ca 



lyx 5 -de ft. Corolla 0, 

 Nectary a disk 5-tooth- 



Drupe 



ed. 



Pistil 1. 



inferior? 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 1114. Pursh, 1. p. 178. Nutt. 1. p. 156. 

 Pyrulariapubera, Mich. 2. p. 233. 



A shrub 4 — 6 feet high. Leaves oblong^ obovate, acuminate, entire ^ pe 



tiolatej pubescent and strongly veined on the under surface, 2 



Racemes terminah 



3 inches 



long, 



1 — 1 J wide, on short petioles. 



Calyx of the 



sterile flower short, campanulate, a glandular disk filling its tubular base. 

 Nut globular, depressed, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded, inclosed in a fleshy base of the 

 calyx, hence appearing inferior. Perisperm large, very oily, acrid to the 

 taste. Nutl. 



Grows along the margin of mountain streams, Pennsylvania 

 Flowers May — June. Pursh. 



Georgia. 



NYSSA. Gen. Pl. 1599. 



Wasculi. Calyx 5- 



Corolla 



partitus. 



Sta 



mina 5 



10. 



Ilermaph^oditi. Ca- 



lyx 5-partitus. Corolla 

 0. Stamina 5. Pistil- 



luM 1. Drvpa infera. 



Sterile Jlorets. 



C 



a 



lyx 5-parted. 

 0. Stamens 5 

 Fertile fiorets. 



Corolla 

 10. 



Ca- 



lyx 5-parted. Corolla 



0. Stamens 5. Pistil 



1. Drupe inferior. 



