1C8 CORNACIL*:. (dogwood family.) 



drapes pale blue. — Dry woods, Florida to South Carolina, nnd westward. 

 Juik'. — A shrub or small tree. Branches Blender and sometimes warty. 



* * Flowers capitate, subtended !>>/ a white A-havcd involucre. 

 6. C. florida, L. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or ovate, at length smooth on 

 both sides ; flowers greenish ; drupes ovoid, red. — Oak woods, common. May. 

 — A small tree. Wood hard and close-grained. Leaves of the involucre cmar- 

 ginate and thickened at the summit, showy. 



2. NYSSA, L. Sour Gum. 



Flowers dicecio-polvgamous. Sterile flowers in many-flowered heads or cymes. 

 Calyx 5-parted. Stamens 5-10. Petals and pistil none. Fertile flowers single 

 or few in a head. Calyx-limb 5-toothcd or obsolete. Petals 5, minute, or want- 

 ing. Stamens 5 - 10, mostly sterile. Style long, revolute. Stigma decurrent. 

 Ovary 1-cellcd. Drupe 1 -seeded. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire 

 or rarely toothed, finely reticulated. Flowers small, greenish, on axillary or 

 lateral peduncles. 



* Sterile flowers in loose clusters. 



1. N. multiflora, Wang. Leaves oval or obovate, mostly acute, tomen- 

 tosc when young, at length shining above : fertile peduncles long and slender, 

 3 - 8-flowered ; drupes ovoid, dark blue. — Rich upland woods, Florida to Mis- 

 sissippi, and northward. May. — A tree 30° - 50° high, with widely spreading 

 branches. Leaves rather thick, dark green, 2'- 5' long. Fertile peduncles 1 V- 

 3' long. Drupe £' long. 



2. N. aquatica, L. Branches, leaves, &e. tomentose when young, at 

 length nearly smooth; leaves short-pctioled, varying from lanceolate to orbicu- 

 lar, obtuse, sometimes slightly cordate; peduncles short, the fertile ones 1 - 2- 

 flowered; drupes oval, blue. — Ponds and swamps, Florida to North Carolina, 

 and westward. April and May. — A large tree, or in pine-barren swamps 

 sometimes a mere shrub. Leaves I' -2' long. Peduncles },' - 1' long. Drupe 

 smaller than in the last. 



3. N. uniflora, Walt. Leaves largo, long-petioled, ovate or oblong, acute, 

 entire or sharply toothed, tomentose beneath, the lower ones often cordate ; fer- 

 tile peduncles elongated, l-flowered ; drupes ovate-oblong, dark blue. (N. 

 tomentosa, Michx. N. grandidentata, Michx. f.) — Deep swamps and ponds, 

 Florida to North Carolina, and westward. April. — A large tree. Leaves 

 4'-G' long. Drupe 8" -12" long. 



* * Sterile flowers capitate* 



4. N. capitata, Wait. (OobSCHBI Limb.) Leaves large, short-pctioled, 

 oblong, oval or obovate, mucronate or acute, tomentose beneath ; flowers below 

 the leaves, the fertile ones perfect, solitary, on very .-hurt peduncles; drupe ob- 

 long, red. — Swamps, Florida and Georgia, near the coast, and westward. — 



A small tree. Leaves o'-'j' long. Drupe 1' long, agreeably acid. 





