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CORNVS— continued 



Fls. 4-6-bracted ; bracts obov., 2, sulphur yellow. Fruit i, crimson, fleshy. 



North India and China. (Fig. 75 G.) 

 C.florida {Benthamiafiorida). Flowering Dogwood. 20. May. D. Ls. ov., 



6, dark green above, pale and downy below. Fls. 4-bracted; bracts obov., 



2, notched at apex, white. East United States. (Fig. 75 c.) 

 C. Kousa {Benthamia japonica). 20. May. D. L. margins wavy. Fls. 



4-bracted; bracts lane, i\, long-pointed, creamy white. Berry pink. 



Japan. (Fig. 75 D.) 

 C. Mas. Cornel, Cornelian Cherry. 25. February. D. Ls. ov., 2|, long- 

 pointed, 3-5 pairs veins. Fls. yellow, appearing before Is., 4-bracted; 



bracts small, yellowish, boat-shaped. Berry red. Europe. (Fig. 75 b.) 

 C.Nuttallii. 50. May. D. Ls. ov., obov., 5, 5-6 pairs veins. Fls. 4-8-bracted; 



bracts 3, pointed, pinkish white. Berry red or orange. West North 



America. (Fig. 75 E.) 



{b) Fls. without bracts 



C. alba. ID. June. D. Branchlets bright red in autumn. Ls. ov., 4, dark 



green above, glaucous white below, six pairs veins. Fls. yellowish white. 



Berry whitish or tinted with blue. North Asia. (Fig. 75 F.) 



Many variegated forms in cultivation, e.g. varieties sibirica and 

 Spaethii. 

 C. macrophylla. 50. July-August. D. Ls. ov., 7, dark green above, glaucous 



below, long-pointed, 6-8 pairs veins. Fls. yellowish white, in terminal 



panicles. Berry bluish black. Himalaya to Japan. 

 C. paucinervis. 8. July-August. | E. Branchlets 4-angled, reddish brown. 



Ls. lane, 4, tapering base, dark green above, hairs on both sides, 2-4 



pairs veins. Fls. yellowish white. Berry black. China. 

 C. sanguinea. Common Dogwood. 12. June. D. Ls. ov., 3, with scattered 



hairs on both sides, 3-4 pairs veins. Fls. dull white. Berry black. Europe 



(including Britain). (Fig. 75 a.) 



COROKIA. Ls. alternate or in clusters, entire or lobed, white-felted below. 

 Fls. \, yellow, star-shaped, 5-parted. Fruit I, a red or orange-coloured berry. 



* C. biiddleioides. 8. May. E. Branchlets slender, white-felted. Ls. lane, 



5, long-pointed, bright green above, short-stalked. Fls. in panicles up to 

 2 long. Fruit blackish red. New Zealand. (Fig. 120 E.) 



* C. Cotoneaster. 8. May. E. Branchlets wiry and interlaced, white-felted 



when young, afterwards dark brown. Ls. ov., f, dark green above. 

 Fls. solitary or in small clusters in 1. -axils. Berry red. New Zealand. 



(Fig. 120 c.) , t. . 



* C. macrocarpa. 20. June-July. E. Branchlets stiffer and stouter than m 



the other species. Ls. lane, 4, blunt-ended. Fls. in axillary racemes up to 

 I i long. Berry red. New Zealand. (Fig. 120 d.) 



* C. virgata. 15. May. E. Branchlets slightly zigzagged, not interlaced. 



Ls. obov., oblane, i|. Fls. solitary in 1. -axils. Berry orange-yellow. 

 New Zealand. (Fig. 120 f.) 



DAVIDIA. Bract Tree, Chinese Dove Tree. Ls. alternate or in clusters, ov., 

 6, heart-shaped base, bright green, slender-pointed, evenly and coarsely toothed, 



