Nyssa. j 3 



adscendentibus supra conspicuis subtus prominulis, secundariis venisque subtus dense 

 reticulatis. Flores masculi in racemos valde eonfertos 1,5 — 2 cm longe pedunculatos 

 disposiü 1 — 3 mm longe pedicellati; calycis limbus hand manifestius dentalus: pelala 

 oblonga, 3 — 4 mm metientia ; stamina petalis paulo longiora. FJores feminei in pedun- 

 culis axillaribus gracilibus teretibus glabris 3 — 5,5 cm longis apice bracteas 3 lineari- 

 lanceolatas ciliatas gerentibus solitarii; ovarium oblongum 1 cm metiens parce pilo- 



sulum; calycis limbus subinteger; petala ; discus valde depressus; stylus 



Drupa saturate coerulea 7 obovoidea, 2,5 cm longa et 1,25 — 1,5 cm diametro metiens, 

 putamine compresso costis valde prominentibus acutangulis interdum fere alatis praedito. 



Südliche Staaten des atlantischen Nordamerika, in tiefen Sümpfen: Vir- 

 ginia (Umgegend von Franklin, Southampton County, A. Heller, PI. of southeast. Virg. 

 n. 984), Carolina (Bladen county, Biltmore herb. n. 2868a), Georgia (Ogeechee river, 

 Curtiss n. 1063; Muckalee Creek, Sumter county, Harper n. 1134), Missouri (B. F. 

 Bush, PI. of Miss. n. 326), Tennessee (zwischen Scouky river und den Bergen ober- 

 halb Warmsprings, R 11 gel). 



Einheimische Namen: Cotton Gum, Tupelo Gum. 



ses 



Sectio II. Capitatae Harms. 



Capitatae Harms in Engl u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 8. (1898) 258. — Flores masculi 

 ssiles capitati. 



4. N. ogeche Marsh. Arbust. (1785) 97: Coult. et Evans in Bot. Gaz. XV. (1890) 93; 

 Harms in Engl. u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 8. (1898) 258. — N. candieans Michx. Fl. bor. am. 

 II. (1803) 259; Pers. Synopsis II. (1807) 614; Willd. Spec. pl. IV. (1805) 1113; Pursh, 

 Fl. Am. sept. (1814) 177; Poir. Suppl. IV. (1816) 1 16: Roem. et Schult. Syst. V. (1819) 

 577; Spreng. Syst. I. (1825) 832; Dietr. Synopsis pl. I. (1839) 879: Loud. Arb. III. 

 1 31 8, f. 11 99 ; Sargent, Man. Trees of N. Amer. (1 905) 710. — N. coccima Bartr. Trav. 

 ed. II. (1794) 17. — N. capitata Walter, Fl. Garol. (1788) 253; Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 

 IV. (1797) 508 et Suppl. V. (1817) 740; Michx. f. Hist. Arb. For. Am. Sept. II. (1810) 

 257, t. 20; Ait. f. Hort. Kew. V. (1813) 480; Ell. Garol. II. (1824) 685; Hook. Comp. 

 Bot. Mag. II. 62; Eat. et Wright, North Am. Bot. (1840) 329; Spach, Hist. veg. 

 phan. X. (1841) 464. — N. montana Gaertn. f. Fruct. III. (1805/07) 201, t. 216. — 

 .V. oye*chee Steud. Nomencl. ed. 1. (1821) 558. — N. tomentosa Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 

 IV. (1797) 508. — Arbor 9 — 18 m alta, ramulis novellis pilis breviusculis patentibus 

 villosulo-puberulis, mox glabratis cinereo-brunnescentibus usque fuscescentibus. Foliorum 

 petiolus supra leviter complanatus, initio densiuscule villosulo-puberulus demum glabres- 

 cens 1 — 2 cm longus ; lamina chartacea, in sicco olivaceo-virescens subtus paulo palli- 

 dior, juveneula supra d= sparse pilosa subtus valde dense villosulo-tomentella, adulta 

 supra plerumque omnino glabrata, subtus secus costam nervosque principales densius- 

 cule ceterum du sparse pilis breviusculis patentibus pubescens, nunc bene vel longe 

 elliptica nunc obovata usque oblonga, integra, basi subrotundata vel saepius in peliolum 

 constricta, apice breviuscule mucronulata, 6 — 15 cm longa et 3,5 — 7,5 cm lata, cosla 

 nervisque Jateralibus primariis adscendentibus supra ronspicuis subtus prominentibus, 

 secundariis venisque subtus dense reticulatis. Flores masculi sessiles in capilula pedun- 

 culis 2 — 3 cm longis axillaribus teretibus dense puberulis stipitata conferti; calycis 

 limbus minutus subinteger; petala 4 — 5 subovata dense tomentella staminibus multo 

 breviora; stamina 8—10 manifeste biseriatim disposita, filamentis longis subulatis, 

 antheris breviter ellipticis; discus humilis apice late depressus. Flores feminei sive 

 hermaphroditi solitarii, pedunculis 0,5 — 1 cm longis tomentellis apice articulatis et hir 

 bracteolas 2 lineari-lanccolatas gerentibus stipitati; ovarium oblongum dense tomentellum; 

 eafycis limbus subinteger; petala minuta subovata 2—3 mm metientia, dz dense tomen- 

 tella; discus conspicuus pulviniformis ; Stylus 4 — 5 mm longus apice spiraliter incurvatus 

 et hie profunde sulcatus. Drupa coccinea apice disco coronata obovoidea, 2,5 — 3,5 cm 



