NYSSA 



NYSSA 



2317 



i559. Tree, to 100 ft., with slender pendulous branches 

 forming a flat-topped usually cylindrical head, some- 

 times low and broad, or in crowded trees pyramidal: 

 h's. usually entire, obovate or oval, mostly acute or 

 acuminate, lustrous abo\'c, iiiibcscent on the veins or 

 glabrous at maturity beneath, 2—1 in. long: staminate 

 fls. in compound heads; jiistillates larger, 2 or several: 

 fr. 3 3-? sin. long, nearly black, acid, with an ovoid 

 stone, little flattened. Maine and Ont. to Mich., to 

 Fla. and Texas. G.F. 3:491; 7:275. F.E. U, pi. 32. 

 S.S. .5:217. 



aquatica, Marsh. (iV. wdflbra, Wang. N. dcnlieu- 

 lola, Ait.). Cotton Gum. Tree, occasionally to 100 ft., 



with small spreading branches forming a pyramidal 

 head: Ivs. slender-stalked, ovate to oblong, acute or 

 acuminate, entire or remotely toothed, at maturity 

 lustrous above, pubescent beneath, .'5-7 in. long: 

 jiistillate fls. solitary, surrounded by 2-4 strai)-shaped 

 bractlcts to ' 2in. long: fr. oblong, 1 in. long, dark purple. 

 Va. to 111. and Texas. S. S. 5:220. 



N, sinhisis, Oliver. Tree, to 40 ft.: branchlets pube.scent: Ivs. 

 elliptic, dull dark green above, light green and pubescent on the 

 veins beneath, 4-6 in. long: pistillate fls. few, on slender stalk; fr. 

 oblong, bluish, Hin. long. Cent. China. H.I. 20: 19ti4.— Has 

 proved hardy in S. England. WiLHELM MiLLER. 



Alfred Rehder.! 



25S9. Pepperidge. — Nyssa sylvatica. 



