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genus of his Shrub ; it must be evidently a pe* 
culiar one near to Nudilus and some Ilexides 
to be compared, as well as my Genus Nestro- 
nia 503. 
715. NUDILUS Raf. fl. tex. 1. in Atl. J. 
176 and Herb. Raf. Dioical, male fl . , . . fern, 
fl. no calix nor corolla, pistil ovate, a long style, 
stigma capitate. Drupaceous berry ovate one 
seeded. Shrubs with opposite or subalterne 
leaves , flowers lateral peduncled. This is the 
only Genus I have been able to examine alive, 
and I only met the female flowers, which have 
really no calix as in some Fraxinides, whence 
the name of Nudilus. I shall now enumerate 
12 species belonging to those 3 Genera, altho* 
our botanists have only 3 or 4, Elliot and Eaton 
only two. 
716. Forestiera ligustrina Poiret, Adelia f 
Borya, Bigelowia of Authors. Leaves thin sub- 
petiolate lanceolate oblong entire, fruits ovate 
— In Illinois and Tennessee, habit of Ligustrum, 
only found by Michaux, not in Elliot nor Ea- 
ton, not seen by me. 
717. Forestiera disticha (or heterophyla) 
Raf. Borya distichophyla of Nuttal. Quite 
smooth, branches divergent subterete levigate 
grey, leaves distichal subsessile thin entire, mar- 
gin scabrous, uninerve, the lower ovate, the up- 
per lanceolate or oblong acute, bud scales acu- 
minate pungent — found by Nuttall in East 
Tennessee on the banks of Frenchbroad River. 
My specimen is from him in Collins Herb. A 
tall shrub 12 to 16 feet high, leaves small un- 
cial or less. Flowers and fruits not seen. 
718. Forestiera verrucosa (or glauca) Raf. 
Branches terete verrucose, leaves petiolate co- 
riaceous glaucous entire obtuse elliptic or sub- 
oboval, base acute, fruits fasciculate peduncu- 
