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CORNEiE. [Comus. 



nascentibus vix subtus pubescentibus, corymbis subpaniculatis. DC, — Lran, Diet v. S.p, 116. 

 UHerit. Corn, p, 8. t. 4. Pursh^ FL Am. v, 1. p. 109. Elliott^ Carol, v. 1. p, 209, Torrey^ FL 

 of Un. St. i\ J . j». 1 80. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 2T2. — C. fastigiata. Mich. Am, v. I . p. 92. 



Hah. Canada. Ptirsh. — With this I am unacquainted, as is likewise Dr. Torrey. To me it seems to 

 diflFer from C. alba, according to L*Heritier, only in the less pale colour, and more glabrous under-surface of 

 the leaf. If C. fastigiata of Michaux he the same, as authors mmntain, no depcudance is to be placed on 

 the more or less panicled corymbs. The drupes are described as blue, the flesh or pulp white. 



4. C. sanguinea; ramis rectis, foliis ovatis brevissime acumlnatis concoloribus subtus 

 pubenilis, corymbis depressis planis. — Linn. Sp, PI. p. 171. UHerit. Corn. p. 5. Engl. 

 Bat, t. 249. Pursh^ Fl. Am. v. I. p. 109. Elliott, Carol, v. I. p. 208. Torrey, FL of Un. 

 St. V. 1. p. 178. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 272. 



Hab. Canada. Pursh. — Of this, I have never seen American specimens, 



5. C, alba; ramis patentibus vel recurvis (an semper?) foliis ]ate ovatis acuminatis 

 pubescentibus subtus canis, corymbis depressis. — Linn. Mant. p. 40. PalL FL Ross. t. 

 34. UHerit. Corn, p, 6. Pursh^ Fl. Am. v. I. p. 109. BigeL FL Bost. ed. 2. p. 58. Mich, 

 in Frankl. \st Jonrn, ed. 2. App. p. 5. Torrey, FL of Un. St. v. l.p, 179. De Cand. Prodr. 

 V. 4. p. 272. — C. stolonifera. Mick. Am. v. I. p. 92. — ^. foliis majoribus subtus magis 

 hirsutis, C. circinnata, Cham, et SchlecJit. in Linnma, v. 3. p. 139. 



Hab. Throughout Canada, and from Lake Huron to North lat. 69°. (Z)/-. Richardson.') Newfoundland. 

 Miss Brenton. North-West coast of America, (^Mr. Garry,) where, however, the var. ^. seems to be the 

 most frequent. Mr. Menzies. Douglas. I>r. *ScoM/6r.— The berries or drupes are described by most authors 

 as white, by Dr. Richardson as lead-coloured ; who further says they are named by the Crees Musquameena, 

 because the Bears fatten upon them, and Meethqaan-pmrneenattick, meenisan, (red stick berry,) and that Pigeons 

 are fond of this berry, which is considered a good stomachic. — This is the only species of this group of 

 Comus that I have myself received from British North -America, and it does appear to me that C stricta, 

 Cpaniculata and C. sericea are too nearly aUied to it, as are some states of C. circinnata. The direction 

 of the branches is assuredly variable, the corymb is more or less depressed, and I suspect the fruit is liable 

 to vary in colour. My var. /3. borders very closely upon the following species, and that again upon C 

 circinnata. 



6. C. sericea; ramis patulis, ramulis lanuginosis, foliis ovatis acuminatis subtus subferu- 



gineo-sericeisj corymbis depressis lanuginosis, nucleis compressis. DC. — UHerit. Corn. p. 



5. t. 2, Pursh, FL Am. v. I. p. 103. Elliott, CaroL v. 1. p. 208. Torrey, FL of Un. St v. 



I. p. 178. De Cand, Prodr, v. 4./?. 272. — C. lanuginosa. Mich. Am, v. \. p. 92. — C. alba. 



Walt, CaroL 



Hab. Canada. PursL Colimibia River, North -West America, frequent, BovgJas, — " Berries blue." 



7. C. circinnata ; ramis verrucosis, foliis orbiculatis subacuminatis rugosis subtus tonien- 

 toso-canis corymbis depressis. DC. — UHerit. Corn. p. 7, t. 3. Pursh, FL Am. v. \. p. 108. 

 BigeL FL Bost. ed. 2. p. 59. Torrey, FL of Un, St v. L p. 179. De Cand. Prodr, v. i. p. 

 272. Cham, et Schlecht in Linncea, v. 1. p. 139.— C. tomentosula. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 91. 



C. rugosa. Lam. Diet v. 2. p. 115. 



Hab. Canada. Michaux. 



