OGEECHE LIME; SOUR TUPELO (Nyssa Ogeche, Marsh). 

 50 to 70 feet. A small, twiggy tupelo, with white or gray 

 hoary twigs, leaves obovate, 4 to 6 inches long, and clustered 

 red fruits the size of plums and pecans. It is a strikingly 

 beautiful tree in the time of fruiting, and though it grows in 

 inundated land, its drupes are' gathered for preserves. Coast 

 of South Carolina to Florida. 



