650 COKNACEiE. Cornus. 



or less alternate, broadly oval, acuminate, glabrous above, the lower surface 

 whitish and scabrous with a minute appressed pubescence ; cymes loose, 

 spreading ; drupes deep blue. — Linn. f. suppl. 2J. 125 ; UHer. ! Corn. p. 

 10, <. 6 ,• Willd. ! spec. 1. p. 664 ; Michx. ! fl. 1. ^?. 93 ; Torr..' fi.l. p. 

 100 ; Guimpel, Otto, S^- Hayne, holz. t. 43 ; DC! prodr. 4. p. 271 ; Dar- 

 lingt. Jl. Cest. p. 108. C. alterna, Marsh, arhust. 



In moist woods and thickets, Canada ! and Northern States ! and along 

 the AUeghanies to the mountains of S. Carolina, and west to Kentucky ! 

 May-June. — A small tree (10-20 feet), with a widely spreading depressed 

 top, and a smooth yellowish-green bark, which is generally streaked with 

 oblong white spots or warts. Petioles slender. Flowers cream-color. 



2. C. circinata (L'Her.) : branches (greenish) spotted, verrucose ; leaves 

 (large) very broadly oval or orbicular, abruptly acuminate, tomentose be- 

 neath with a soft whitish pubescence; cymes rather small, depressed; 

 drupes ovoid-globose, light blue. — L'Her. ! I. c. p. 9, t. 3 (bad) ; Willd. ! 

 I. c. ; Guimpel, Otto, S^- Hayne, holz. I. 86 ,• Torr. ! fl.l. p. 179 ; Bigel.fl. 

 Bost. ed.2. p. 276. C. ragosa, Lam. diet. 2. p. '[lb? C. tomentulosa, 

 Michx.! fl. 1. p. 91. 



Shady banks of streams, Canada ! to the mountains of Virginia, and west 

 to Indiana I not abundant. June. — Shrub 4-8 feet high, with straight slen- 

 der branches. Leaves 4-5 inches in length, and nearly of the same width, 

 scabrous above, the veins prominent beneath and sometimes rusty-colored. 

 Petals ovate, white. Drupe at length whitish (ex L'Her.), small, tipped 

 with the persistent style. 



3. C. siolonifera (Michx.) : stems often reclined and stoloniferous ; the 

 shoots virgate, bright reddish-purple ; branches glabrous, a little spreading ; 

 leaves ovate, slightly acuminate, obtuse at the base, scabrous with a minute 

 appressed pubescence on both sides, whitish beneath; cymes small, flat, 

 rather crowded, nearly glabrous ; petals ovate; drupes wliite. — Michx. ! fl. 

 1. p. 92. C. alba, Wang. Amer. p. 91; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 109; Bigcl. fl. 

 Bost. cd. 2. p. 58 ; Richards, appx. FranM. journ. ed. 2. p. 5 ; Hook. ! fl. 

 Bor.-Am.. I. p. 276 (partly). C. alba, partly, VHer. I. c. ; Willd.! I. c. ; 

 DC. ! I. c. C. sanguinea, Pursh, I. c. ? not oi Linn. C. Purshii, Don, syst. 

 gard. Sf hot. 3. p. 399. 



Banks of streams and in sphagnous swamps, Newfoundland! and through- 

 out Canada! (from lat. 69°, ex Richards.) and the Northern States! to about 

 lat 42° : west to Ohio ! and Missouri. May-June. — Stems sometimes erect, 

 5-10 feet high; but usually prostrate and rooting, sending up numerous slen- 

 der shoots, clothed with a red si^arsely punctate bark. Drupes globose, 

 white (lead-colored when fully ripe, ex Richards.) : according to Nuttall they 

 are eaten by the Missouri Indians, and Dr. Richardson remarks that the 

 bears fatten upon them. — The Cornus alba of Linnteus was established on 

 the Siberian species, which is quite distinct from the North American plant. 

 The former (of which we have examined a specimen cultivated in the Gar- 

 den of Plants at Paris, under the name of " C. Sibirica, Loddig. C. alba, 

 Pallas.^'') has lanceolate petals, and thick divaricate or recurved branches. 

 The latter character has been copied by succeeding authors in their descrip- 

 tion of the North American plant, although it is quite inapplicable. Accord- 

 ing to Michaux, this species is called " Osier rouge" by the Canadians. C. 

 sanguinea is mentioned by Linnteus and other authors as indigenous to North 

 America also : we have never seen a native specimen, neither is it found in 

 any of the collections from British America; and we presume this to be the 

 species intended. 



4. C paniculala (L'Her.): branches (grayish) erect, glabrous; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate or oval, finely acuminate, acute at the base, scabrous with a 



