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of this or any other species of Nyssa ; for though there are abundance of 

 plants to be procured in tlie nurseries, yet there are very few of a tree-Hke 

 size to be seen in pleasure-grounds. To insure the prosperity of the tree, 

 it ought always to be planted in moist peat, or near water. 



S 2. N. (b.) villo^sa Michx. The hmy-Ieaved Nyssa, or Tupelo Tree, 



Identificatioyi. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 258. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 1112.; Pursh Sept., 1. 



p. 177. 

 Synonymes. N. svlvatica Mich. N. Amer. Syl. 3. p. 33. ; N. multiflbra Wangenk. Amer. 46. t. 16. 



f. 39. ; N. rtiontana Hort. ; N. pedunculis multitlfiris Groti. Virg. 121. ; Sour Gum Tree, Black 



Gum, Yellow Gum, Amer. ; haarlger Tulpelobaum, Ger. 



Engravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 110. ; and our/gs. 1356. and 1357. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oblong, entire, acute at 

 both ends ; with the petiole, midrib, and edge 

 villous. Female flowers about three upon a 

 peduncle. Peduncle of female flowers long, 

 and for the most part two-flowered. Nut 

 small, ovate, obtuse, striated. (^Mich.r.^ A 

 deciduous tree. Carolina to 

 Georgia. Height 60 ft. to 

 70 ft.; in England 10 ft. to 

 13 ft. Introduced in 1824, 

 and occasionally met with in 

 collections. Flowers green- 

 ish ; April and May. Fruit 

 black, as in the preceding kind. 



t 3. N. (b.) ca'ndicans Michx. The v/\\it\s\i-leaved Nyssa, or Ogechee 



Lime Tree. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 259. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 1113. 



Synonymes. N. capitata IVall., Ait. Hurt. Kew., Michx. N. Amer. Syl. 3. p. 43. ; N. coccinea Bar- 

 tram ; Sour Tupelo Tree, Ogechee Lime Tree, Wild Lime ; weisUicher Tulpelobaum, Ger. 

 Engravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 113. ; and onxfig. 1358, 



1356. N. (b.) TiI16sa 



1357. N. (b.) Tillosa. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaf with the petiole very 

 wedge-shaped at the base, nearly entire, 

 whitish on the under surface. Female 

 flowers one upon a peduncle. It varies, 

 with its leaves obovate, entire, or rarely 

 subdentate. The male flowers are grouped 

 into little heads. The bracteas attending 

 the female flowers are short ; the calyx 6f 

 these flowers is tomentose ; its lobes are 

 short. The drupe is oblong. {Michx.) A 

 deciduous tree. Carolina, on the banks of 

 rivers, particularly the Ogechee. Height 

 30 ft. Introduced in 1806. Flowers green- 

 ish yellow ; Ai)ril and May. Fruit dark blue ; 

 ripe in September, 



short, and the disk oblong, 



135S. N. (b.) candicans 



1359 N. (b.) grandldcntita. 



5? 4. N. (b.) grandidenta'ta Michx. The deeply- 

 toothed-leaved Nyssa, or Large Tupelo Tree. 



Identification. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 40. 



Synonymes- N. tomentbsa, and N. angulizans, Michx. 

 Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. p. IfA). ; N. denticulata Ait. Hort. 

 Kew. 3. p. 446. ; N. angiilf)sa Poir. ; N. uni flora 

 Wangcnh. A7ner. p. 8'!. ; Wild Olive, /tmer. ; Vir- 

 ginian \Vater Tupelo, Mart. Mill. 



Engravings. Catesb. Car., 1. t. 60. ; Michx. N. Amer. 

 Sylva, 3. t. 112. ; and our fig. 1359., and fig. 1360. 

 showing the nut. 



Spec. Char., iS^-c. Leaf with a long petiole 

 and a disk that is oblong, acuminate, 

 distantly serrate, and invariably toothea 

 with a large pointed tooth. Female 



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