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savages of the Missouri, from whence it (the plant) seems to 

 extend across the continent and appears again in Siberia." 

 Torrey and Gray show that the Siberian plant is another spe- 

 cies, C. alba. 



It occurs plentifully in swamps in Berkshire ; and is found 

 from Newfoundland, through Canada and the Northern States 

 to latitude 42°, and west to Ohio.— Fl N. A., I, 650. 



Sp. 4. The Panicled Cornel. C. paniculata. L'Heritier. 



A slender plant, from four to eight feet high, growing by the 

 borders of fields and woods, in dry situations, and along the banks 

 of streams and on hill-sides, and making a beautiful appearance 

 when in flower. It has an upright stem, and slender, erect, oppo- 

 site branches, covered with a grayish bark. The recent shoots 

 are of a pale yellowish green with a brown tinge, sparsely dot- 

 ted with brown. The leaves are ovate-lanceolate, tapering at 

 base, and ending in a fine long point, on short footstalks doubly 

 channelled above. On both surfaces, are visible, with a magni- 

 fier, numerous close-pressed, minute hairs. The under surface 

 is whitish. The cymes, or heads of flowers are very numer- 

 ous, on long, slender, pale yellow stems, with irregular branches. 

 The calyx-tube is covered with a white, silky down, and ends 

 in minute, recurved, hairy teeth. The margin of the ovary, 

 which fills the cup, is purple or red. The petals pointed, lance- 

 shaped, white. Stamens erect, white. Style club-shaped. The 

 fruit is pale white, small, depressed, globose, like an apple, the 

 short style standing in the terminal cavity. 



Flowers in May and June. Fruit matures in August and 

 September, when the fruit-stalk is of a delicate pale scarlet. 



Sp. 5. The Silky Cornel. C. sericea. L. 



A showy, erect plant, somewhat spreading, growing along 

 the banks of streams, and in wet meadows and on moist hills, 

 by fences, five to ten feet high. The branches and upper part 

 of the stem are purple, sprinkled, on the older stocks, with rusty 

 gray, and often entirely gray or brown. Recent shoots green, 

 or purplish green, and, with the leaf- and fruit-stalks, usually 



