Tap, 8316: 
CORNUS Fioripa, var, RUBRA. 
Eastern North America. 
CORNACEAE. 
Cornus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 950. 
Cornus florida, Linn. Sp. Pl. 117; var. rubra, Hort. Parsons; Rev. Hort. 
1894, p. 600; species C. Nuttallii, Audub., et C. Kousae, Buerg., proxime 
accedens, ab hac tamen bracteis amplioribus haud acuminatis foliisque 
majoribus facile distinguenda, ab illa involucris annotinis statim sejun- 
guenda. 
Arbor dumosa sylvestris interum 10-metralis, culta potius arbuscula 4-5-metra- 
lis, ramis patentibus; ramuli teretes, rubescentes, mox glabrescentes. 
Folia lata elliptica ovatave, apice breviter acuminata, utrinque sed prae- 
sertim subtus pubescentia, 7°5-12°5 em. longa, 4-7°5 cm. lata, supra 
saturate viridia, subtus pallidiora glaucescentia. Bracteae involucrantes 
saepissime 4 per autumnum genitae, per hiemem capitulum terminale 
foventes, primo vere inflorescentes denique aestate ineunte plane evolutae 
inflorescentiam speciosam 7‘5-11°5 cm. latam praebentes; singulae peta- 
loideae, obcordatae, 3-5 cm. longae, roseae nervis parallelis saturatioribus 
notatae, apice emarginato plus minusve deflexae. Flores 6 mm. longi in 
capitulum densum 1°3 cm. latum aggregati. Calycis lobi 4, obtusi, 
pubescentes. Corol/ae lobi 4, liguliformes, apice lutescente excepto virides, 
pubescentes. Stylus columnaris; stigma truncatum, Fructus ovoideus, 
1°3 cm. longus, maturitate rubescens; caro tenuis, farinulenta; semina 
pro quaque pyrene 1 vel 2.—W. J. Bran. 
Cornus florida, according to Sargent, is one of the 
commonest and most generally distributed of deciduous 
trees and shrubs in the Middle and Southern United States, 
and occurs at all elevations from sea-level to nearly the 
summits of the higher Alleghany Mountains. The type, 
figured in 1801, at t. 526 of this work, has been in England 
nearly 200 years. It was in the nursery of Thos. Fairchild 
at Hoxton in 1730; nine years later it was in the Chelsea 
Botanic Garden. The variety figured, which is rare in a 
wild state, was first introduced by Messrs. Parsons, of 
Flushing, New York. The material for our figure was 
supplied by Mr. B. E. C. Chambers, from his garden at 
Grayswood Hill, Haslemere, which contains a remarkable 
assemblage of rare trees and shrubs, admirably cultivated. 
May, 1910. 
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