DIOECIA FENTANDRIA. 
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DIOECIA PENTANDRIA. 
HAMILTONIA. Muhl. 
i 
Masculi. Calyx 5- 
iidus. Corolla 0. Nec- 
tariurn discus 5-den ta- 
tus. Stamina 5. 
Foeminei. Calyx 5- 
fidus. Corolla 0. Nee- 
larium discus 5-denta- 
tus. Pistillum 1. Dru- 
pa infer a? , 
1. Oleifera. Muhl. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 1114. Pursh, 1. p. 178. Nutt. 1. p. 156. 
Pyrulariapubera, Mich. 2. p. 233. 
A shrub 4 — 6 feet high. Leaves oblong, obovate, acuminate, entire, pe* 
tiolate, pubescent and strongly veined on the under surface, 2 — 3 inches 
long, 1 — 1 J wide, on short petioles. Racemes terminal. Calyx of the 
sterile flower short, campanulate, a glandular disk filling its tubular base. 
Nut globular, depressed, 1-celled, 1-seeded, inclosed in a fleshy base of the 
calyx, hence appearing inferior. Perisperm large, very oily, acrid to the 
taste. Nutt. 
Grows along the margin of mountain streams, Pennsylvania — 'Georgia. 
Flowers May — June. Pursh. 
Sterile Jioret. C«- 
lyx 5-cleft. Corolla 0. 
Nectary a disk 5-tooth- 
ed. Stamens 5. 
Fertile florets. Ca- 
lyx 5-cleft. Corolla 0. 
Nectary a disk 5-tooth- 
ed. Pistil 1. Drupe 
inferior? 
NYSSA. Gen. Pe. 1599. 
Masculi. Calyx 5- 
partitus. Corolla 0. 
Stamina 5 — 10. 
Hermaphroditi. Ca- 
lyx 5-partitus. Corolla 
0. Stamina 5. Pistil- 
lum 1. Drupa infera. 
Sterile florets. Ca- 
lyx 5-parted. Corolla 
0. Stamens 5 — 10. 
Fertile florets. Ca- 
lyx 5-parted. Corolla 
0. Stamens 5. Pistil 
I . Drupe inferior. 
