108 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Cornus. 
Icon. L'Her. corn. t.1. Bot. mag. 880. 
In shady woods of Canada, and on high mountains in 
boggy ground, from New England to Carolina. M. b. . 
May. v.v. About six inches high ; flowers purplish- 
white ; involucra white ; berries red, ripe in July. 
florida. 2. C. arborea ; foliis ovatis acuminatis, involucris 
quasi obcordatis, drupis ovatis—Wéilld, sp. pl. 1. 
p.661. 
Icon. Catesb. car. t. 27. Schmidt arb. t.62. Bot, mag. 
526. Dog-wood. 
Frequent in woods from Canada to Carolina.  . May. 
v.v. A beautiful small tree; flowers greenish-yel- 
. low; involucre white, tinged with red ; berries scarlet, 
ripe in August. The wood is exceedingly hard, and of 
a very fine texture, 
: ** Nude cymose. 
circinata, 3. C. ramis verrucosis, foliis lato-ovalibus acuminatis subtus 
 albo-tomentosis, cymis patentissimis.— L’ Herit. corn. 
RAS 
eibi Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 91. 
C. rugosa. Lam. encycl. 2. p. 115. 
C. virginiana. Hort. par. ay 
Icon. L Herit. l. c.t. 3. Schmidt arb. 2. t.69. 
On the banks of rivers : Canada to Virginia.  . June, 
July. v.v. A shrub from six to ten feet high ; leaves 
broad, waved on their edges; flowers white, as in all 
the following species; berries blue. 
sericea. 4. C. ramis patulis : ramulis Januginosis, foliis ovatis acu- 
minatis subtus ferrugineo-pubescentibus, cymis de- 
pressis lanuginosis.— Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 663. 
C. lanuginosa. Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 92. 
C. alba. Walt. fl. car. 88. i 
C. cerulea. Lam. encycl. 2. p. 116. 
C.amomum. Du Rot harbk. 1. p. 165. 
C. rubiginosa. Ehrh. beitr. 4. p. 15. 
C. ferruginea. Hort. par. — ; 
Icon. L’ Herit. corn. t. 2. Schmidt arb, 2. t. 64. 
In swampy woods and on river banks : Canada to-Caro- 
lina. . June, July. v.v. From five to eight feet 
high; berries bright blue. — 
asperifolia, 5. C. ramis erectis : ramulis cymisque pubescentibus, foliis 
brevi-petiolatis ovalibus acuminatis supra asperis sub- 
. tus subtomentosis.— Mich. fl. amer. 1.0.03. — 
In shady woods of Lower LE 
