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DIOECIA PENTANDRIA. 



1. MULTIFLORA. 



Walt. 



N. 



foliis ovali-lan- 



ceolatis, integerrimis, 



iitnnque acutis, petio- 

 le, costa media, margi-^ tiole, midrib and mar- 



viiloiis; fruit bear- 



iieqiie villosis 



? 



pedun- 



culis foemineis multiflo- 



ris (3 



8.) 



w r 



Leaves oval-lanceo- 

 late, entire, acute at 

 each end, with the pe- 



gin 

 ing 



flowered. 



peduncles many 



Walt. p. 253. 



N. Villosa, Mich. 2. p. 25S. Sp. pi. 4. p. 1112. Pursh, 1. p. 1T7 



Nutt. 2. p. 236. 



*^ 



N. Sylvatica, Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 260. 



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A tree 40 — 50 feet high, and 1 — 2 feet in diameter, with a head rather 

 compact and close. Leaves oval-lanceolate, entire, rather short, the petiole 

 and under surface generally pubescent, sometimes though rarely villous. 

 Flowers in small somewhat umbellate clusters. Fertile florets 5 to 8 or 10 

 in a cluster, though rarely maturing more than three. Sterile florets more 

 numerous. Common peduncle axillary, solitary, 1 — 2 inches long. Dru^te 



ily 



nearly spherical, black-blue. 



This tree grows generally in damp clayey soils* Its wood does not 

 split, and it is used therefore for the nuts of wheels, and for a few other pur- 

 poses. It is usually called the Black Gum or high-ground Gum. The leaves 

 with us rarely exceed two inches in length, and difier much from the figure 

 of Michaux. 



Flowers in April. ' 



/ 



2. Aquatica 



Li 



m. 



N. 



foliis 



lanceolatis, 



oblongo 



inte 



rri- 



mis 



utrinque acutis, 



glabris; pcdunculis foe- fruit bearing peduncles 



■.I 



Leaves oblong-Ian 



ceolate, entire, acute at 



each 



end. 



glabrous; 



mineis biflons. 



2-flowered. 



I 



r 



Sp. pi. Ed. pr. 1511. Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 265. 



N. Bitlora, Walt. p. 253. Mich. 2. p. 259. Pursh, 1. p 



p. 236. 





Nutt. ?• 



