66. CORNACEJB. 345 



Corea: eastern side {Perry !). Herb. Kew. 

 Mandshuria, Japan, and North America, both eastern and 

 western. 



3. Cornus capitata, Wall, in Boxb. Fl. Ind., Carey $ Wall. ed. 

 i. p. 434 ; Clarke in Hook./. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 745 ; Wall. PL 

 As. Bar. t. 214. 



Benthamia fragifera, L'mdl. Bot. Reg. t. 1579; Wight, III. Ind. Bot. 

 t. 122; Bot. Mag. t. 4641. 



Hupeh: Patung district (A. Henry, 208!). Herb. Kew. 

 North India from Kumaon eastward. 



4. Cornus hongkongensis, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Benthamia japonica, var. sinensis, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 

 (1852), p. 165. 



Benthamia japonica, Benth. Fl. Hoiigk, p. 138, non Sieb. et 

 Zucc, nee Cornus Kousa, Buerg., differt foliis coriaceis, ut videtur 

 persistentibus, oblongis breviter obtuseque acuminatis supra ni- 

 tidis subtus punctatis, venis primariislateralibus utrinque 3 con- 

 spicuis, involucri bracteis latioribus vix acuminatis. 



Hongkong (Champion I). Herb Kew. 



This appears quite distinct from the Japanese species with 

 which it has hitherto been associated. 



^ 5. Cornus macrophyUa, Wall, in Boxb. Fl. Ltd., Carey § Wall. 

 ed. i. p. 433 ; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 272 ; Brandis, For. Fl. p. 252, 

 t. 32 ; Clarke in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 744. 



Cornus brachypoda, C. A. Mey. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. n. s. v. p. 222 ; 

 Walp. Ann. ii. p. 725 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 195. 



Cornus crispula, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1881, p. 216. 



Cornus sp. affinis C. alternifoliae, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1881, p. 292. 



Kiangsu : Chinkiang (Bullock, hb. Hance, 21132 !) ; Fokien : 

 Amoy ( Fortune, 21) ; Hupeh : Patung district (A. Henry I): 

 Corea : Port Chusan ( Wilford, 945 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



A common North-India species, extending to Japan. 



6. Cornus officinalis, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. p. 100, t. 50 ; 

 Mia. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. p. 160 ; Franch. et Sac. 

 Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 196. 



Corea: Soul (Carlesl). Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



This is closely allied to the European Cornus mas, Linn. 



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