Nyssa

Only the antitumor alkaloids of Camptotheca have been reported. Davidia involucrata, as tested here, was positive (1/3) (it is sometimes placed in a family of its own, Davidiaceae) three species of Nyssa were negative N. biflora, N. ogeche, N. sylvatica. 

Note that these peats varied considerably in their botanical compositions. The Minnesota peat consisted predominantly of Sphagnum (peat moss) debris with some grasses and conifers. The Maine peat was composed mostly of algal material with some Sphagnum and Nymphaea (water lily) debris. The North Carolina peat was dominated by bay tree (Magnolia, Persea, Gordonia) and gum tree (Nyssa) debris while the Georgia Nymphaea peat consisted predominantly of Nymphaea debris. 

Nazianzos (fourth century) described his pious mother as a friend of the clergy and as a support of orphans. Gregory of Nyssa also praised PlaciUa, the wife of Theodosius 1 (379-395), for her great charity toward orphans. ... 

Gregory of Nyssa, De infantihtis qui praemature abripiuntur ad Hieriutn, PG, 46 161-68. 

Comaceae, also known as the dogwood family, is a family of flowering trees, shrubs and subshrubs in the order Comales, well known in the northern temperate areas for two genera Cornus, the dogwoods and Nyssa, the tupelos. 

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