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tree with mainly an exeurrent trunk and .horizontal branches. Wood 

 firm, close-grained and hard to split. Eich soil, latitude of Albany 

 and southward. Difficult to transplant, so it is rarely cultivated. 



2. Nyssa biflora, Walt. (SouR GUM.) Leaves 1 to 3 in. long, 

 smaller than in N. sylvatica; fertile flowers and fruit 1 to 3, in the 

 axils ; stone decidedly flattened and more strongly furrowed. New 

 Jersey to Tennessee and southward. Too nearly like the last to need 

 a drawing. All the species of Nyssa may 



have the margin of the leaves somewhat 

 angulated, as shown in the next. 



3. N^ssa uniflora, Wang. (LARGE 

 TUPELO.) Leaves much larger, 4 to 12 in. 

 long, sometimes slightly cordate at base, 

 entire or angularly toothed, downy be- 

 neath. Fruit solitary, oblong, blue, 1 in. 

 or more in length. Wood soft, that of 

 the roots light and spongy and used for 

 eorks. In water or wet swamps; Vir- 

 ginia, Kentucky, and southward. 



ORDER XXIII. CAPRIFOL.lACE.ffi. 



(HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 



Shrubs (rarely herb or tree-like plants) of temperate 

 regions. 



GENUS 47. VIBfTRNUM. 



Shrubs or small trees with opposite, simple, petioled 

 leaves. Flowers light-colored, small but in large, con- 

 spicuous, flat-topped clusters at the ends of the branches ; 

 blooming iii early summer. Fruit small, 1-seeded drupes 

 with flattened stones; ripe in autumn. 



* Leaves distinctly palmately lobed 1. 



* Leaves pinnately veined and not lobed. (A.) 



A. Coarsely dentated 2. 



A. Finely serrated. (B.) 



B. Leaves long-acuminated 3. 



B. Obtuse or slightly pointed 4. 



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