694 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
of this or any other species of Nyssa; for though there are abundance of 
plants to be procured in the nurseries, yet there are very few of a tree-like 
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. 
¥ 2. N. (B.) vitto'sa Miche. The hairy-leaved Nyssa, or Tupelo Tree. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 258.3 Willd. Sp. Pl.,4. p. 1112; Pursh Sept., 1, 
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Sinaneniees N. sylvatica Mich. N. Amer, Syl. 3. p. 33.3 N. multifidra Wangenhk. Amer. 46. t. 16. 
f. 39.; N. montana Hort.; N. pedtinculis multifldris Gron. Virg. 141. ; Sour Gum Tree, Black 
Gum, Yellow Gum, d4mer.; haariger Tulpelobaum, Ger. 
Engravings. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3.t. 110. ; and our figs. 1356. and 1357. 
Spec. Char., §c. 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. (Michr.) A 
deciduous tree. Carolina to 
Georgia. Height 60 ft. to Z 
70ft.; in England 10ft. to = . 
15 ft. Introduced in 1824, 
. and occasionally met with in ZZ 
1356. N. (b.) villosa, collections. Flowers green- 4357. . (b.) villosa. 
ish; April and May. Fruit 
black, as in the preceding kind. 
 3.N. (B.) ca’npicans Mich. The whitish-/eaved Nyssa, or Ogechee 
Lime Tree. 
Identification. _Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 259.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 1113. 
Synonymes. N.capitata Walt., Ait. Hort. Kew., Micha, N. Amer. Syl. 3. p. 43.; N. coccinea Bar- 
tram; Sour Tupelo Tree, Ogechee Lime Tree, Wild Lime; weisslicher Tulpelobaum, Ger. 
Engravings. Michx, N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 113, ; and our jig. 1358, 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaf with the petiole very short, and the disk oblong, 
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 of 
these flowers is tomentose; its lobes are 
short. The drupe is oblong. (Michr.) A 
deciduous tree. Carolina, on the banks of 
rivers, particularly the Ogechee. Height 
30 ft. Introduced in 1806. Flowers green- 
ish yellow ; April and May. Fruit dark blue; 
ripe in September. 1358. _N. (b.) céndicans 
* 4, N. (B.) GRANDIDENTA'TA Michv. The deeply- 
toothed-leaved Nyssa, or Large Tupelo Tree. 
Identification. Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 40. 
Synonymes. N. tomentosa, and N. angulizans, Michz. 
Fil. Bor. Amer. 2. p. 259.; N. denticulata Azt. Hort. 
Kew. 3. p. 446.; N. anguldsa Poz.; N. unifléra 
Wangenh. Amer. p. 83.3; Wild Olive, Amer.; Vir- 
ginian Water Tupelo, Mart. Mill. 
Engravings. Catesb. Car., 1. t.60.; Michx. N. Amer. 
Sylva, 3. t. 112.5; and our fig. 1359., and fig. 1360. 
showing the nut. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaf with a long petiole 
and a disk that is oblong, acuminate, 
distantly serrate, and invariably toothea 
1359 N. (b-) grandidentata. with a large pointed tooth. Female 
