32 TETRANDRIA.— MONOGYNIA. 



HAB. Woods. June — July. y.. Evergreen, creep- 

 ing, branched, leav. oppos., roundish, petioled. 

 smooth; Jl. term., white, fragrant. 



112. LINNiEA. Caprifolia. 



L. borealis. 



HAB. Mountain woods. July. U . Evergreen, creep- 

 ing ; leav. oppos., ovate-round ; pedunc. erect; fl. 2. 

 drooping, wh. or pale rose-col. 



113. SANGUISORBA. Great Burnet. Rosacea:. 



J . S. canadensis : spikes cylindrical, very long ; stamens 



much longer than the corolla. 

 HAB. Bog-meadows. Aug. — Oct. If.. Stem 2 ft. 



high, smooth; leav. pinnate ; leofl. ovate, serrate ;fl. 



white. 

 2. S. media: spikes cylindrical ; stamens longer than 



the corolla ; (calyx subciliate.) 

 HAB. Wet meadows. July — Aug. 14. Leafl. ovate- 



lanceol. ; spik. ovate, red. -{-. 



114. CORNUS. Dog-wood, &c. Caprifolia. 

 * Flowers capitate, surrounded by an involucrum. 



1, C. canadensis: herbaceous; upper leaves verticil- 



late, veined ; leaves of the involucrum ovate, acu- 

 minate : drupe globose. 

 HAB. Mountain meadows and swamps. May — June. 

 M . Stem 6 in. high; head term., pedunc. ; invol. 

 white. 



2. C. florida : arborescent ; leaves ovate, acuminate ; 



involucrum large, with obcordate leaflets. 

 HAB. Woods. May— June. Tree 15—30//. high: 

 leav. oppos. ; invol. very targe, white or pale rose- 

 col. 



* * Flowers naked, cymose. 

 J. C. sericea: branches expanded ; leaves ovate, acu- 

 minate, silky-ferruginous beneath; cymes depressed, 

 woolly. 

 IIAB. Shady moist places. June. Shrub 8— 12 ft. 

 high ; cymes pedunc. ; fl. white; drupe ovate, blue, 

 4. C. sanguinea : branches straight ; leaves ovate, 

 green on both sides ; cymes expanding. 



