CORNUS FLORIDA. 
Dogwood, 
PLATE XXVi1. 
‘ee family of Cornels, if surveyed by oth- 
er eyes than those of botanists, is remarkable 
for the difference of growth and appearance of its 
yarious species. Many of them are shrubs ; a few 
attain to the stature of trees, while some are so 
humble in their growth as to be deemed hardly 
more than herbaceous. A part haye their flowers 
surrounded with a fine white involucrum, many 
times exceeding the whole bunch in magnitude ; 
while others present their naked cymes unadorn- 
ed by any investment. To the botanical observer 
they all exhibit a close affinity and resemblance to 
each other; which is seen in the form and anatom- 
ical texture of their leaves, the structure of their 
flowers and the appearance of their fruit. 
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