198 
Virginiana. 
Canadensis. 
DIOECIA, OCTANDRIA. 
381. DIOSPYROS. Gen. pl. 1598. (Guaiacane.) 
Masc. Calix 4 to 6-cleft. Corolla urceolate, 
4 to 6-cleft. Stamina 8 to 16; filaments 
often producing 2 anthers. Frm. Flower 
as the male. Stigmas 4 or 5. Berry 8 to 
42-seeded.—WVxtt. 
1. D. leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, glabrous, 
reticulate-veined; petioles pubescent ; buds gla- 
brous.— Willd. and Pursh. | 
Icon. Catesb. Car. 2. t. 76. Mich. f. Arbr. 
forest. 12. 
Persimon-tree. 
The fruit when ripe and touched by the frost is quite 
pleasant, but is very astringent and acerb, otherwise. On the 
borders of woods and in fields. On the Delaware between 
Kaighn’s point and the next ferry below, near Woodbury ; 
abundant. kh. May. 
582. UDORA. Nuit. Gen. Am. pl. vol. 2. p. 242, 
( Onagre.) 
Spathe bifid—Masc. Calix 3-parted. Co- 
rolla of 3 petals. Stamina 9, 3 of them 
interior. Fem. Calivw 3-parted, tube very 
long. Petals 3. Sterile filaments 3. Utr- 
culus about 3-seeded. Seeds cylindric.— 
Nutt. 
1. U. flowers triandrous, hermaphrodite ; stigmas 
ligulate, reflexed, bifid; leaves ternate, linear, 
acute.—Pursh. 
Udora Canadensis, Nutt. 
Elodea Canadensis, Mich. 
Serpicula verticillata, Muhl. 
S. occidentalis, Pursh. 
Hottonia serrata, Willd. Syn. 1. p. 171. 
