958 NYSSACEAE 
neath, prominently ribbed: petals Mug 
ovate: drupe depressed-globose, 8-10 m 
diameter, blue-black.—( PAGODA-CORNEL. "Ua 
BRELLA-CORN Er mE ; ios and thick- 
ets, various 2j ovinees, Fla. to Ala., Minn 
and N. B.—The Drown pon is close- 
grained and hard. 
2. S. femina (Mill) Small. Day: ies 
bose, : ima 
(Marsh.) S mall]— River -banks, thickets, and 
roadsides, various provinces, Ga. to Nebr., 
Minn and Me. 
3. S. stricta (Lam.) Small Shrub, or small tree with smoothish Dus bel 
bi "y Eire oval, or ovate, 4—12 cm. long: petals linear-oblong t ea 
lanceolate: drupe 5- 6 mm. in D pale-blue.—Swamps, Coastal Plain, 
Fla. to Tex., Mo., Ind., and Va. 
4. S. microcarpa (Nash) Small. Shrub with brownish twigs: leaf- pus 
D or elliptic, 3-9 cm. long: petals ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate: drupe a 
. in diameter, light-blue.—Low woods, Coastal Plain, Fla. and Ga. 
5. S. Priceae Small. Shrub with red twigs: leaf-blades d ovate- elliptie, 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 5-12 em. long: petals narrowly 1 olate: drupe 
about 3 mm. in diameter, white. — Bluffs and river banks, THE pm Pla- 
teaus, Tenn. and Ky. 
6. S. asperifolia (Michx.) Small. Shrub e a ies twigs: e Mis 
pios to elliptie or oval, 4-15 em. long: drupe in diameter, 
( H-LEAF CORNEL. )—Low E or moist TA various ike E: p 
Blue , Ridge, Ala. to Tex., Minn., and Ont 
7 Mill.) Small. Shrub with purple twigs: leaf-blades lanceo- 
late to broadly ovate, 3-13 em. long, silky and often somewhat rusty beneath: 
upe : 8 mm. in u mmon, in ist 
streams.—(KINNIKINNIK. SILEY-CORNEL.)— Wet places and stream- -banks, 
a ‘provinces, Fla. to Tex., N. D., and Newf. 
3. CYNOXYL Raf. Trees. Leaves opposite. Flowers perfect, borne 
ON 
involucrate heads. Sepals 4, Hie] ovate to oblong. Petals 4, greenish 
St 4, 
or yellow-green, rvin 
Drupe elongate. Two species, non pem 
can. 
iptie to han 5—18 cm. long, pale beneath: 
involucral bracts white. or pink, obovate, 4—6 
e g ls linear, 3 m. long: 
drupe ellipsoid to ple about 15 mm. long, ///7. 
red. [Cornus florida L.]—(FLOWERING poc-[i|:: 
D.)—Hamm dus und rieh od various 
n Fla. »: Tex., Minn., E= 
always a black crumple por. the tip 
of udi eal bract. The very close- 
