coRNUs. TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 179 



green on both sides ; cymes expanding. PH er i t. Corn. p. 

 5. JVii/d. Spec.], p. 662. P u r s h Fl, I. p. 109 ? EL 

 liott Sk. \. p. 208? Eng. Bol. t. 249. Roem. ^ 

 Schult. III. p. 320. 



A shrub 8 — 12 feet high ; branches smooth, generally dark pur- 

 ple, pubescent when young. Leaven broad, frequently oval, 

 abruptly acuminate, nearly smooth on the upper surface. 

 Cymes expanding, when old almost divaricate. E t L Berries 

 dark brown. P ur s h. 



Hab. Near the lakes of Canada and New-York. June — July. 

 Pursh. + 



5. C. circinata PH e r i t. : branches verrucose ; leaves 

 broad-oval, (orbicular) acuminate, white-downy beneath ; 

 cymes depressed. P H erit. Corn. p. 7. t. 3. W il Id, Spec. 



I. p. 663. Pursh FJ. L p. 108. B i g. Host. p. 39. Roe m. 

 ^Schult. III. p. 321. C. tomentulosa Mich. Fl.l.p. 

 91. C. rugosa Lam. Eric. II. p. 113. 



A shrub 6 — 8 feet high, with spotted or verrucose branches. 

 Leaves on short petioles, nearly as broad as long, abruptly acu- 

 minate ; under surface remarkably downy. Cyme crowded, 

 nearly smooth. Teeth of the calyjc almost obsolete. Corolla 

 white ; fietals ovate, obtuse. Drufie blue. 



Hab. On the banks of rivers and in woods j not common. 

 June. 



6. C. aUa PHerit.: branches recurved, smooth; 

 leaves ovate, acute, pubescent, hoary beneath; cymes de- 

 pressed. PH erit. Corn. p. 6. Will d. Spec. I. p. 662. 

 Pursh F/. I. p. 109. Big. Bost. p. 3B, Roem.^r 

 Schult. III. p. 321. C. stolonifera M ich. Fl. I. p. 92. 



A shrub or small tree ; branches slender, much spreading, or re- 

 curved. Leaves acuminate, acute at the base, white beneath. 

 Cymes small, slightly pubescent. Calyx inconspicuous. Co- 

 rolla with lanceolate petals. Drufie white. 



Hab. In wet woods and on river banks; rare. Said to be also 

 a native of Siberia. Osier rouge of the Canadians. Mi» 

 chaux. 



7. C. paniculata PHerit.: branches erect; leaves 

 ovale acuminate, hoary beneath; cymes panicled. PH erit. 

 Com. p. 9. t. 3. W ill d. Spec. {.p. 664. Pursh FLU 

 p. 109. Big. Bost. p. 39. Elliott Sk. I. p. 209. 

 Ro em. ir Schult, III. p. 322. C. racemosa Lam. Enc. 



II. p. 116. 



A shrub 8—12 feet high, with straight, punctate, slender, 

 branches. Leaves on short petioles, ovate, sometimes lanceo- 

 late-ovate, hoary, but hardly pubescent, beneath. Cymes loose. 



