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Icon. Mich. f. Arbr. forest. ££. Catesb. Car. 1 . 
t. 41. 
Large Tupelo. Gum Tree. Sour Gum. Pepe- 
ridge. 
Berries bluish-black. In swampy woods, particularly in 
Jersey. Rare, . April. 
£. N. leaves oval, very entire ; petiole, middle 
nerve and margin, villous ; feminine peduncles 
long, generally £-flowered 5 nut short, obovate, 
obtuse, striated. — Mich.f. 
N. villosa, Mich. 
N. montana, Hortul. 
G^im. Black Gum. Sour Gum. Swamp Horn-heam. 
A fine tree, with indigo-blue berries. On the Woodlands. 
I 2 . May. 
3T5. ACNIDA. Gen. pl. 1521. (MripUces.) 
Masc. Calix 5-parted. Corolla none. Fem. 
Calix 3-parted. Corolla none. Styles 
none. Stigmas 3, sessile. Capsule 1- 
seeded. — Jfutt. 
1. A. leaves lanceolate; capsules somewhat even, eannabUia. 
acute, angular. — Willd. 
Smooth-fruited Mnida. 
An ordinary looking plant, from a foot to eighteen inches 
high. On the marshy shores of the Schuylkill and Delaware, 
among the large autumnal plants ; very common. Annual. 
July, August. 
£. A. Icfives oval-lanceolate; capsules obtuse, an rusocarpa. 
gled, rugose. — Willd. 
Icon. Mich. fl. Am. 2 . t. 50. 
