236 DIOECIA. PEXTANDRIA, 



Order V.— PENTANDRIA. 



788. NYSSA. L, (Tupelo, Sour Gum-Tree.) 

 Hermaphrodite. Cnlix 5-parted, Corolla 



none. Fistill l. Drupe inferior. Mit 1 -seeded. 

 Masc. Stamina 5, 8, 10 and 12, seated around 

 a peltate gland. 



Trees with alternate entire leaves; flovv'ers axillary, ag- 

 gregated or soliiary, clusters pedunculate; fruit succulent, 

 red or blackish, purple and pruinose. Germ sometimes 

 2-seeded, Style simple, revolute. 



Species. 1. N. vu'losa. (Sour Gum.) 2- hip,ra. 3' 

 candicans. Hab. From Virginia to Florida. The 'ruit of 

 this tree called Og-echee lime, as welkas that of the ^follow- 

 ing, gathered a little before maturity is preserved with 

 sugar, and for'^isan agreeable conserve tastmg somewhat 

 like Cranberrys. 4. "tomefitosa. Called Wild Olive. 5. 

 de7itic2ilata. 



A North American genus- 



789. ZANTHOXYLUM. Z. (Prickly Ash, Tooth 

 ache Tree.) 



Masc. Calix 5 -parted. Corolla none. Sta- 

 mina 3, to 5 or §. FistUls 3 to 5. Capsules 3 

 to 5, each l-seeded. 



Small trees or shrubs, prickly or unarmed; leaves alter- 

 nate, i nequally pinnate, rarely ternate, for the most part 

 pellucidly punctate; flowers axillary, fasciculate or rarely 

 racemose. 



Species. 1. Z". Clava HercuUs. % frnxineum. \v\(\\gt- 

 nous also to Upper Louisiana. 3. tricarpum. Common 

 around Savannah in Georgia. 



A genus of about 13 species, all except the above, and 

 1 in India, indigenous to tropical America. 



790. IRESINE. L. 



Masc. Calix 2-leaved. Corolla of 5 petals, 

 Lepanthia 5 or 7. Fem. Stigmas 2, sessile, 

 Capsuk many-seeded; at length toraentose. 



