. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. LXI SANTALA CEM : NY'SS^. 693 Order LXI. SANTALA^CE^. Ord. Char. Perianth superior, 4—5-cleft, coloured inside; sestivation valvate. Stamens 4—5, opposite the segments of the perianth, and inserted in their bases. Ojjamim inferior, 1-celled, 2—4-seeded. Style \. Stigma generally lobed. F
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. LXI SANTALA CEM : NY'SS^. 693 Order LXI. SANTALA^CE^. Ord. Char. Perianth superior, 4—5-cleft, coloured inside; sestivation valvate. Stamens 4—5, opposite the segments of the perianth, and inserted in their bases. Ojjamim inferior, 1-celled, 2—4-seeded. Style \. Stigma generally lobed. Fruit 1-seeded, nucunientaceous or drupaceous. Albumen fleshy. Flowers polygamous. (G. Don.) Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; entire. Flowers in co- rymbs, pedunculate.—Trees or shrubs, deciduous ; natives of North America and the South of Europe; propagated by seeds. The hardy species are two, which are thus contradistinguished : — Ny'ss^ L. Flowers polygamous. Stamens 5. OsYRis L. Flowers dioecious. Stamens 3. Genus I. NY'SS^ L. The l!iyssA, or Tupelo Tree. iin. iS«/sf. Polygaraia Dioe'cia; or, according to Smith in Rees's Cyclopcedia, Decandria Monogynia. Identification. Lin. Gen., 651.; WUld. Sp. PI., 4. p. 1112. Derivation, From Nyssa. a water nymph so called; a name given to this plant by Linnaeus, because " it grows in the ; {Hort. Cl(ffl) Tupelo appears to be an aboriginal name. Gen. Char, Flowers oisexual and male, upon distinct plants, and apetalous. — Bisexual flower o£ the ca\yx, connate. Stamens 5. Ovary ovate. Styles simple. Stigma acute. Fruit a roundish drupe.—Male flower with the calyx 5-parted. Stamens 5—12. (G. Don.) Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; oblong or lanceolate, entire. Flowers axillary, peduncled, greenish white. Fridt red, or blackish purple. — Trees, deciduous; natives of North America; requiring moist soil. Several sorts have been described by botanists, probably all referable
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