GENUS i. 



DOGWOOD FAMILY 



7. Cornus femina Mill. Panicled Cornel 

 or Dogwood. Fig. 3186. 



Cornus femina Mill. Card. Diet. Ed. 8, No. 4. 1768. 

 Cornus candissima Marsh, Arb. Am. 35. 1785. Not 



Mill. 1768. 

 Cornus paniculata L'Her. Cornus 9. pi. 15. 1788. 



A shrub, 6-i5 high, with gray smooth twigs, 

 even the youngest glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 

 petioled, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, long- 

 acuminate at the apex, acute at the base, minutely 

 appressed-pubescent on both sides, pale beneath, 

 ii'-4' long; cymes loosely flowered, somewhat 

 paniculate, the rays mostly glabrous ; petals 

 white, lanceolate; fruit globose, or slightly de- 

 pressed, white, about 3" in diameter ; fruiting 

 pedicels red ; stone subglobose, slightly furrowed, 

 or somewhat broader than high. 



In rich soil, Maine and Ontario to North Carolina, 

 Minnesota, Tennessee and Nebraska. White-fruited 

 dogwood. White cornel. May-June. 



8. Cornus stricta Lam. Stiff Cornel or 

 Dogwood. Fig. 3187. 



Cornus stricta Lam. Encycl. 2: 116. 1786. 



C. fastigiata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 92. 1803. 



A shrub, 8-is high, resembling the pre- 

 ceding species, the twigs purplish or reddish 

 brown. Leaves petioled, ovate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed 

 or sometimes rounded at the base, sparingly 

 and finely appressed-pubescent on both sides, 

 ii'~3' long, the margins often minutely denticu- 

 late, green above and beneath ; cymes rather 

 loosely flowered, \\'-2\' broad, their rays nearly 

 or quite glabrous ; petals white, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, or oblong ; fruit pale blue, about 3" in 

 diameter; stone globose, nearly smooth. 



In swamps and along streams, Virginia to Geor- 

 gia, Florida and Missouri. April-May. Panicled 

 cornel. 



9. Cornus alternifolia L. f . Alternate-leaved 

 Cornel or Dogwood. Fig. 3188. 



Cornus alternifolia L. f. Suppl'. 125. 1781. 



A shrub, or small tree, with smooth greenish 

 bark, reaching a maximum height of about 30 

 and trunk diameter of 8'. Leaves slender- 

 petioled, alternate, clustered near the ends of the 

 branches, oval or ovate, acuminate at the apex, 

 narrowed or sometimes rounded at the base, 

 2'-4' long, pale and appressed-pubescent beneath, 

 glabrate above, the margins minutely denticulate ; 

 petioles i'-ii' long; cymes 2'-^' broad, pubescent; 

 petals white, or cream-color, lanceolate ; fruit 

 globular, or slightly depressed, blue, rarely yellow, 

 about 4" in diameter ; stone somewhat obovoid, 

 channeled, scarcely flattened. 



In woods. Miquel'on Island and Nova Scotia to 

 Georgia, Ontario, Minnesota, West Virginia. Alabama 

 and Missouri. Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. Wood 

 hard, reddish brown : weight per cubic foot 42 Ibs. 

 Blue or purple dogwood. Umbrella-tree. Green osier. 

 Pigeon-berry. May-July. 



