_ UMBELLALS. 259 COKNELS. 
. C. florida Linneus. 
Flowers appearing with the leaves in close heads, surrounded by large white 
roundish bracts ; a tree. 
Habitat. The United States. 
Quality. Tonic, astringent, bitter. 
ses. Bark employed advantageously in intermittent fevers in the United States. It 
approaches Cinchona in its general effects, and is not inferior to it in the cure of 
intermittents. The young branches stripped of their bark, and rubbed with their 
ends against the teeth, render them white. 
C. sanguinea Linneeus. 
_ — (Common Doe- 
— woop.) Fig. 357. 
Leaves ovate, whole- 
coloured, downy be- 
neath ; corymbs flat- 
aded. 
tat. Hedges and woods, 
common. 
ality. Fruit contains a 
‘Sreat quantity of oil, which 
4s said to equal that of 
: the olive. 
C. mas Linneus.— 
(The Corns, TREE. 
CorNELIAN CHERRY.) =a 
towers appearing before : ‘ : a a. 
‘the leaves in small yellow heads with 4 inconspicuous bracts ; a tree. 
. ions from England to Japan. ; : 
ait Ua, w Wind very bard sd tong Fruit ai , becoming subacid — 
perfectly ripe ; formerly fermented for a beverage. Bark said to have power in — 
_ intermittents, sues 
C. suecica Linneeus. ‘ 
ers appearing with the leaves in close heads, surroun 
eaves sessile, ovate ; herbaceous. 
t. Northern parts of Europe. ee Bee 
% Berries tonic ; said to increase the appetite in a very) ; 
= Fig sr ities sanguinea ; a, ae section of its flower, magnified. 
as 
ed by white bracts 
