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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART I 



1198 



Ckar. t A'v. Leaves oblong, entire, acute at both ends; with the 

 petiole, midrib, and edge villous. Female flowers, about three upon a 

 peduncle. (WUid. Sp. J'/., iv. p. 1113.) Peduncle of female flowers long, 

 and for the most part two-flowered. Nut 



small, ovate, obtuse, striated. (Mie/ix.) A 



deciduous tree, a native of 



North America, where it 



grows from GO ft. to 70 ft. 



high, and flowers in April and 



May, It was introduced in 



18*24-, and is occasionally to 



be met with in collections. 



N. sylvatica Mielix., which we have made 



synonymous with N. villosa, on the authority 

 of Pursh (see Fl. Amer. Sep/. Addenda, ii. p. 175.), is said by Michaux to 

 exhibit a remarkable singularity in its vegetation. " In Maryland, Virginia, 

 and the western states," he observes, "where it grows on high and level 

 ground with the oaks and the walnuts, it is distinguished by no peculiarity 

 of form : but in the lower part of the Carolinas and of Georgia, where it is 

 found only in wet places, with the small magnolia or white bay (Magnoh'« 

 glauca), the red bay (Laurus carolinensis), the loblolly bay (Gordon/a Lasi- 

 anthus), and the water oak (Quercus aquatica), it has a pyramidal base, 

 resembling a sugar loaf; a trunk 18 ft. or 20 ft. high, and 7 in. or 8 in. in dia- 

 meter, at the surface of the ground; which, a foot higher, is only 2 in. or 

 3 in. thick ; the proportions, however, varying in different individuals." (N. 

 Amer. Si//., iii. p. 34.) This tree appears to differ very little from N. biflora, 

 except in the greater height attained by the tree, and in the downiness of the 

 petioles of the leaves. The fruit is of the same size and colour, generally 

 produced in pairs on similar peduncles, and the wood is of the same descrip- 

 tion, fine-grained, but tough. " The alburnum of the trunks of trees growing 

 upon dry and elevated lands is yellow; and this colour, being considered 

 by w heelw rights as a proof of the superior quality of the wood, has probably 

 given rise to the name of yellow gum, which is sometimes applied to this 

 species." (Ibid.) The wood is used for all purposes, for which timber is 

 required of moderate dimensions, which is not liable to split. The only 

 plant which we have seen of this kind is in the arboretum of Messrs. 

 Loddiges, where, in 1835, it was 10 ft. high, and had produced male 

 blossoms; but it died in the spring of 1830, apparently from the soil being 

 too dry. 



*t 3. N. ca'ndicans Michx. 



The wh'ithh-lcavcd Nyssa, or Ogee/ice 

 Lime Tree. 



n Michx. FL Bor. Amor., 2. p.259. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 1113. 

 V capit&ta H'/i/i., Ait. Bart. Kew, Michx. N. Amer. Syl.,8. p. 43. ; N. coccinca Bar 

 tram; Bout Tupelo Tree, Ogechee Lime Tree, Wild Lime; weisslichei : Tulpelobaum, Go: 



Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. t. 113, ; and our fig, 1199. 



Spec. Cli/ii ., <!)(■. Leaf with the petiole very 

 -hurt, and the disk oblong, wedge-shaped at 



the base, oearl) entire, whitish on the under 

 surface. Pemale flowers one upon a pe- 

 duncle. (Willd.8p. /V.,iv. p. I I 13.; It varies, 

 with it-, leaves obovate, entire, or rarely sub- 

 deotate. The male flowers are grouped into 

 little beads. The bracteas attending the 

 female flowers are ihort; the calyx of these 



flowers is tomentOSej its lobes are short. 



The drupe is oblong. (Michaux.) A deci- 

 duous tree, n native of Carolina, on the 

 banks of river , particularly the Ogechee. It is 



exce* 'Ini" 30 it. in height. It wot 



