686 



DIOECIA PENTANDRIA 



natis, acute dentatis^ 

 subtus toraentosis; pe- 

 dunculis foemineis 

 nifloris. 



II 



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nate, acutely toothed, 

 tomentose underneath; 

 fruit bearing peduncles 

 one-flowered. 



Mich. 2. p. 259. Sp. pi. 4. p. 1113. Pursh, 1. p. 177. Nutt. 2. p. 236. 



Leaves every where acutely and coarsely toothed. Small bracteal leaves 

 longer than the germ. 5e^?«en?s of the calyx cuncate. Mich. 

 With this tree I am unacquainted. 



Grows near the river St. Mary's, Georgia, and in Florida. 

 Flowers 



Mich. 



5. Uniflora. 



Walt. 



N. foliislonge petio- 

 latis, oblon^is, acumi- 



natis, parce angulato- 



y- 



dentatis; subtus sub 



9 



pubescentibus, inferio- 

 ribus sub-cordatis; pe- 



dunculis foemineis uni- 

 floris. 



J , 



Leaves on long peti- 

 oles, oblong, acumi- 

 nate, sparingly and an- 

 ularly toothed, slight- 

 pubescent under- 

 neath, the lower ones 

 sometimes cordate; 

 fruit bearing peduncles 

 one-flowered. 



2.p 



259. 



N. AngulisanSj Mich. 



N. Denticulata, Ait. Kew. 3. p. 446. Sp. pi. 4. p. 1114. Pursh, 1. p 

 178. Nutt. 2. p. 236. 



N. Grandidentata, Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 252. 



A large tree GO— 80 feet in heiglit, 2—4 in diameter. Leaves large, 

 ovate and oval-lanceolate, irregulorly and acutely toothed, sometimes only 

 on one margin, pubescent underneath, particularly along the nerves, the lower 

 or older leaves distinctly cordate. The sterile florets I have never noticed. 

 Fertile solitary, axillary. Fruit oval or ovate, large, dark blye. ; ^ 



Grows in deep swamps. A truly aquatic tree. I have seen it flounsliing 

 in mill-ponds and "back waters," where the water has been maintained for 

 half a century from 5 to 8 feet deep. I believe the N. Aquatica grows also 

 in similar situations. The root of this tree is as light as the bark of the cork 

 tree, (Quercus subcr) but wants elasticity. 



Flowers April — May. 



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