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and eompaft when dry, which renders it very pro* 

 per for making trays, bowls, &c, 



2. Nyssa Ogechc; The Ogeche Lime Tree. 



(Bartram's Catalogue.) 



This is a tree of great fmgnlarity and beauty; 

 growing naturally in water, in the fouthern ftate«, 

 and rifmg to the height of about thirty feet. The 

 leaves are oblong, of a deep fhining green on their 

 upper fides, and lightly hoary underneath. The 

 flowers are male tmd female upon different trees, and 

 are produced upon divided, or many flowered foot- 

 flalks. The fruit is nearly oval, of a deep red colour, 

 of the fize of a Damafccne Plumb, and of an agree- 

 able acid tafl:e ; from which it is called the Lime- 

 tree. Perhaps thi^ is the multiflora of Wefton. 



3. Nyssa fylvatica. XJpland Tupelo-Tree^ or 

 Sour Gum. 



This grows naturally in Pennfylvania artd perhaps 

 ^Ifewhere, rifing with a fl:rong upright trunk to the 

 i^ight of thirty or forty feet, and fomctimes of near 

 two feet in diameter; fending off many horizontal, 

 and often depending branches ; garniflied with oval, 

 or rather inverfe egg-fliaped leaves, a little pointed, 

 entire, of a dark green and fliining upper furface, 

 but lighter and a htt^e hairy underneath: thofe of 

 male trees are often narrower and fometimes lance- 

 fhaped. The flowers are produced upon pretty long 

 common footftalks, arifmg from the bafe of the 

 young {hoots, and dividing irregularly into feveral 

 parts, generally from fix to ten; each fupporting a 

 fmall flower, having an cmpalement of fix or feven 

 linear, unequal leaves, and from fix to eight awl- 



N lhaped 



