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Ordee 65.— CORNAOE^. 



p. A8PEBip6lia Feay. Lrs. scabrous-pubeacent above, downy beneath, 

 rather inclined to elliptical; cymes scabrous. — S. and W. States. (0. 

 asperifolia Mx.) 

 8 C. circinata L. Branches verrucous ; Ivs. oriicula/r or very broadly ovcd, whits 

 iomentous beneath; cymes spreading, depressed; drupes light blue. — A shrub 

 some 6f high, Can. to Md., W. to Ind. St. grayish, upright, with opposite, cylin- 

 drical, green, spotted or warty branches. Lvs. large, about as broad as long, 

 » opposite, acuminate, crowned with a white, thick down on the under side. Pis. 

 white. Berries hollowed at base, soft, crowned with the remains of the style. Jn. 



2. NYSSA, L. (The name of a nymph or naiad, says Linnaeus.) 

 TuLEPO, Gum-tree. Fls. dioecious or polygamous. $ Calyx tube very 

 short, limb truncate ; petals 5, oblong ; stam. 5 — 12, mostly 10, inserted 

 outside a glandular disk in the bottom of the calyx ; ovary 0. $ Calyx- 

 tube oblong, adherent to the 1-celled ovary, limb truncate, a mere rim 

 as in $; petals 2 — 5, oblong, often or soon deciduous ; stam. mostly 

 aboi'tive ; style large, stigmatic on one side; drupe oval, 1 -seeded. — 

 Trees with small green, fls. clustered on axillary peduncles, the sterile 

 more numerous. 



1 N. multifldra "Wang. Lvs. oblong-obovate, aoutish or obtuse at each end, entire ; 

 the petiole, midveia and margin villous; fertile peduncles 3 (2 — b)-flov}ered; stjjje 

 revolute ; nut short, obovate, striate, obtuse. — ^Woodlands dry or damp. IT. S. A 

 large tree, 30 to TOf in hight, trunk 1 — 3f diam. with a light gray hexagonally 

 broten bark. Lvs. of a firm texture, 2 — 5' long, half as wide. J Peduncles 

 5 — 9-flowered, fll. at length slender. Drupe often solitary, blackish blue, 5 — 6" 

 long. Wood soft, but hard to split. Apr. — ^Jn. (N. aquatioa and biflora, auth.) 



2 N. unifldra "Walt. Swamp Tulepo. Los. green, oblong-ovate or ovate, hng- 

 peiiolate, entire or denticulate, pubescent or smoothish beneath; fertile Jbwers 

 «oZf!ari/, 3-braoted; on slender peduncles ; style nearly straight ; sterile fls. 5 — 10; 

 drupe large, oblong. — Swamps, S. States, common. A tree of large size, 60— 

 80f high. Leaves when young thin, mostly acute at each end, when full grown 



■large, abrupt or cordate at base, thickish, 3-r9' long, the petioles 1 — 2'. Fruit 

 blue, as large as a plum. "Wood soft and white. Apr. May. (N. denticulate 

 tomentosa, angulizans Mx., etc.) 



3 N. capitdta "Walt. Ogeechee Limb. Iais. oval or oblong, shoriipetiolttte, entire, 

 whitened beneath, midvein subvillous, obtuse at apex, acute at base ; /erfe'fe fls. 

 solitary, on short peduncles, downy, 3 — 4-braoted, with 5 petals and 10 stamens; 

 sterile fls. 20 — 30 in each dense globular head; fruit large, oblong. — On river banks 

 (especially the Ogeechee I) S. States. Tree 20 — 30f high. Lvs. ample, 5 — 9' long, 

 2 — 3' broad, usually mucronate; petiole 2 — 6" long. JVuit "dark red" as laiige 

 aa a small plum, acid. May, Jn. (N. caudicans Ph.) 



648. Symmetrical flower of Sedum acre. 4, of Sempervlvum, 



