DIOECIA PENTANDRIA. 
685 
A tree, which around ponds or in poor soils rarely exceeds 30 — 40 feet in 
height, but which, in the deep river swamps becomes one of the largest trees 
of our forests, 60 — 80 feet in height, and 2 — 4 in diameter. Leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, very acute, entire, sometimes slightly pubescent underneath. Ste- 
rile flowers numerous, very small. Stamens in the whole genus, as remark- 
ed by Nuttall, variable, but more frequently I believe 5 than 10. Fertile 
florets almost invariably 2. Fruit oval, compressed, dark blue. 
Leaves with us longer than those of the N. Multiflora. 
Grows* in swamps and wet soils. 
Flowers April— May. 
3. Capjtata. Walt. 
N. foliis brevissime 
pedolads, oblongo-Ian- 
ceolads, ovalibusqiie, 
sub-integerrimis, sub- 
tus pubescentibus sub- 
canisque; pedunculis 
masculis capitatis; foe- 
mioeis uoifloris. E. 
Leaves on very 
short petioles, oblong- 
lanceolate and oval, 
nearly entire, pube- 
scent and somewhat 
hoary underneath; ste- 
rile florets capitate; 
fertile one-flowered. 
Walt. p. 253. Mich. arb. foi. 2. p. 2 57. 
N. Candicans, Mich. 2. p. 259. Sp. pi. 4. p. 1113. Pursh, 1. p. 177 . 
Nutt. 2. p. 236. 
A small irregular tree, very often not exceeding the size of a shrub, and, I 
believe, rarely reaching the height of 20 feet. Leaves oblong-oval, often vary- 
ing, ovate or obovate, sometimes obtuse, sometimes cuneate at base, always 
pubescent and somewhat hoary underneath, sometimes denticulate. Sterile 
flowers in compact heads. Calyx tomentose. Stdmens much longer than 
the calyx. F ertile florets solitary, on a short peduncle. Calyx very tomen- 
tose. Style sometimes 2-cleft. Fruit ovate; when ripe of a dull red colour 
and pleasantly subacid. 
The Ogeechee River appears to be the northern limit of this tree; the 
pleasant acid of its fruit induced some of the early inhabitants of Georgia to 
use it as a substitute for the lime, hence its common name of the Ogeechee 
Lime, but its last flavour is austere. 
Grows around ponds in wet sandy soils. 
Flowers April — May. 
4. Tomentosa. Mich. 
N. foliis longe petio- Leaves on long pe- 
latis, oblongis, acumi- doles, oblong, acuml 
