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DIOECIA FENTANDRIA. 
\* 1. Multiflora. Walt 
N. foliis ovali-lan- 
ceolatis, integerrimis, 
uti inque acutis, petio- 
le, costa media, margi- 
neque villosis; pedun- 
culis foemineis multiflo- 
ris (3 — 8.) 
Leaves oval-lanceo- 
late, entire, acute at 
each end, with the pe- 
tiole, midrib and mar- 
gin villous; fruit bear- 
ing peduncles many 
flowered. 
Walt. p. 253. 
N. Villosa, Mich. 2. p. 258. Sp. pi. 4. p. 1112. Pursh, 1. p. 1 77, 
Nutt. 2. p. 236. 
N. Sylvatica, Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 260. 
A tree 40 — 50 feet high, and 1 — 2 feet in diameter, with a head rather 
compact and close. Leaves oval-lanceolate, entire, rather short, the petiole 
and under surface generally “pubescent, sometimes though rarely villous. 
Flowers in small somewhat umbellate clusters. Fertile florets 5 to 8 or 10 
in a cluster, though rarely maturing more than three. Sterile florets more 
numerous. Common peduncle axillary, solitary, 1 — 2 inches long. Drupe 
nearly spherical, black-blue. 
This tree grows general^ in damp clayey soils. Its wood does not easily 
split, and it is used therefore for the nuts of wheels, and for a few other pur- 
poses. It is usually called the Black Gum or high- ground Gum. The leaves 
with us rarely exceed two inches in length, and differ much from the figure 
of Michaux. 
Flowers in April. 
2. Aauatica. Lin. 
N. foliis oblongo- 
lanceolatis, integerri- 
mis, utrinque acutis, 
glabris; pedunculis foe- 
mineis bifloris. 
Leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, entire, acute at 
each end, glabrous; 
fruit bearing peduncles 
2-flowered. 
Sp. pi. Ed. pr. 1511. Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 265. 
N. Biflora, Walt. p. 253. Mich. 2. p. 259* Pursh, 1. p. 1 77- Nutt. 2. 
p. 236. 
