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a free one seeded berry. It will be with Dir- 

 ca and Lagetta the tliird American Genus of 

 it ; but by the 4 stamens and opposite leaves, 

 it is nearest to Struthiola, that differs however 

 by caHx filiform, Sglands and is not dioical. 

 Two types if both are congeneric. 



504. N. UMBELLULA Raf. Autikon. Anony- 

 mos Boyken in Collins herb. — Branches hardly 

 4gone, leaves on short petiols, ovate rhomboi- 

 dal acute at both ends, very entire and very 

 smooth, thin membranaceous ; peduncles ax- 

 illary longer that petiols 3-5flowered umbellate, 

 partial equal to calix — discovered by Dr, Boy- 

 ken in Georgia, but not named, probably found 

 also in Florida : a small shrub, branches brown 

 leaves unequal very thin, one or two inches 

 long, flowers small, probably somewhat yellow- 

 ish, brownish when dry. 



505. Nestronia? tjndulata Raf. Physic nut 

 or Indian olive, Bartr. trav. p. 41. leaves broad 

 lanceolate on short petiols : entire undulate 

 smooth, drupes solitary pedunculate yellow olive 

 like — I refer to this new Genus, a small shrub 

 2 or 3 feet high found 60 years ago by Bartram 

 in the hills of Georgia, and omitted by all our 

 Betanists. Bartram only saw the fruit, and if 

 I am right in my conjectures we have thus the 

 fruit of Nestronia. Before obtaining N, urn- 

 hellula I had considered that it was a new Olea 

 or Adelia of Michaux ; but it agrees with none 

 while it agrees much better with my Nestro- 

 nia, although still a peculiar species by nar- 

 rower undulate leaves. The fruits are yellow 

 like an olive on long slender erect peduncles, 

 Bartram says it was used by the Indians as a 

 charm to entice game. These two shrubs may 

 be easily distinguished at first sight from Nyssa 



