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DIOECIA, PENTANDRIA. 198 
Icon. Mich. f& Arbr. forest. 22. Catesb. Car. 1. 
t. 41. 
Large Tupelo. Gum Tree. Sour Gum. Pepe- 
ridge. 
Berries bluish-black. In swampy woods, particularly in 
Jersey. Rare, kh. April. 
2, N. leaves oval, very entire; petiole, middle ‘vate. 
nerve and margin, villous; feminine peduncles 
long, generally 2-flowered; nut short, obovate, 
obtuse, striated.—.Mich. f. 
N. villosa, Mich. 
N. montana, Hortul. 
Gum. Black Gum. Sour Gum. Swamp Horn-beam. 
A fine tree, with indigo-blue berries. On the Woodlands. 
h. May. 
375. ACNIDA. Gen. pl. 1521. (2triplices.) 
Masc. Calix 5-parted. Corolla none. Fem. 
Calix 3-parted. Corolla none. Styles 
none. Stigmas 3, sessile. Capsule 1- 
seeded.—WNV uit. 
1. A. leaves lanceolate ; capsules somewhat even, cannabina. 
acute, angular.—/Filld. 
Smooth-fruited Acnida. 
An ordinary looking plant, from a foot to eighteen inches 
high. On the marshy shores of the Schuylkill and Delaware, 
among the large autumnal plants; very common. Annual. 
July, August. A 
2. A. leaves oval-lanceolate ; capsules obtuse, an rusocarpa. 
gled, rugose.—Willd. 
Icon. Mich. fl. Am. 2. t. 50. 
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