Tas. 8261. 
CORNUS MACROPHYLLA. 
Eastern Asia. 
CoRNACEAE. 
Cornus, Linn.; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 950, 
Cornus macrophylla, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. el, Carey & Wall. vol. i. (1820), 
p. 4383; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vo!. ii. p. 744, exempl. foliis 
alternis et var. Stracheyi exclus.; Cvllett, Fl. Simi. p. 219; Brandis, For, 
Fil. p. 252, t. 32; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn, Soc. Bot. vol. xxiii. (1888), p. 345; 
J. Vei'ch in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. 1902-8, vol. xxvii. p. 861, cum habitus 
figura; non C. macrophylla, Koe'ine, Shirasvwa et botanicorum hortulano- 
rumque aliorum nonnullorum; inter species sinenses foliis oppositis 
C. Mombeigii, Hemsl., proxima, differt impiimis in fere omnibus partibus 
minus hirsutis pilis argenteis arctiss'me appressis obscuris et foliis nun- 
quam fere orbicularibus. 
Arbor saepius 5-10 m., interdum usque ad 15 m. alta, nisi flores glabrescens vel 
obscure puberula. /tumi florigeri graciliusculi, rubescentes. Folia opposita, 
petiolata; lamina papyracea, saepius ovata, interdum lanceolata vel 
elliptica, saepius 10-15 cm. longa, nune longiora nune breviora, caudato- 
acuminata, acutissima, basi cuneata vel rotundata, interdum inaequalia, 
supra glabra vel cito glabrescentia, infra pallida vel glauca, pilis argenteis 
medio affixis arctissime appressis plus minusve vestita, raro glabrescentia ; 
nervi primarii utrinque saepius 5-7, rarius in eodem ramo 4-8, sat 
conspicui; petiolus gracilis, 83-5 cm. longus. lores tetrameri, albo-lutei, 
1:25-1-5 cm. diametro, in cymas compositas stipitatas terminales et 
laterales dispositi. Cymaz 6-12 cm. diametro ramis glabris vel glabrescen- 
tibus, ebracteatae, ebracteolatae; pedicelli quam flores breviores. Calyx 
vilis argenteis densissime vestitus, 2-3 mm. longus; tubus distincte 
costatus dentibus minutis. Petala valvata, lanceolata, obtusiuscula, 
patentia vel recurva, extra pilifera. Stamina quam petala breviora, 
antheris dorso affixis. Drupa globosa, 5-7 mm. diametro, apice haud — 
excavato.— C. brachypoda, C. A. Mey. in Mém, Acad. Pétersb. 1845, vol. vii. 
p. 223, et in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 3, vol. iv. p. 74; Koehne in Gartenfi. 
vol. xlvi. p. 94; Rehder in Sargent, Trees & Shrubs, vol. i. p. 81, t. 41. . 
C. sanguinea, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 62; non Linn. C. Thelicanis, Lebas in 
Rey. Hort. 1875, p. 394, f. 64. ©. crispula, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1881, 
vol. xix. p. 216. C. ignorata, Shirasawa, Ic. Ess. For. Jap. vol. i. p. 121, 
t. 77, figs. 1-12; non K. Koch. C. corynostylis, Koebne in Gartenfl. 1896, 
vol. xly. p. 286, fig. 51; Mitt. der Deutsch. Dendrol. Gesellsch. 1903-1905, 
pp. 33, 36, 44. C. Theleryana, C. Religiana, Hort., et C. glauca, Blume 
Mss.—W. Bortine Hemsiey. 
Cornus macrophylla is the largest of all the Cornels that 
are hardy in the average climate of Great Britain. It is 
represented in the Kew Arboretum by several young trees, 
the largest of which, however, is not more than 10 ft. high. 
June, 1909, 
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