PEPPERIDGE, SOUR GUM. TUPELO. 



Nyssa si/Ivaflca Marsh. ^ 



Fig. 427. Branchlet with mature leaves and fruit, i (There are often several more drupes in a 

 cluster than here shown) ; isolated pits, 2; branchlet in winter, 3. 



428. Trunk of a forest tree. Biltmore, N. C. 



429. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. 



