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of the petals. The leaves are rough and feather- 

 nerved, like those of the Hazel. Fothergilla is a 

 pretty little shrub with terminal spikes of white 

 flowers with yellow anthers, which are sweet- 

 scented and appear before the leaves. 



ORDER C— CAPRIFOLIACE^, OR THE HONEY. 

 SUCKLE TRIBE. 



This order, as originally constituted, may be 

 divided into three tribes, viz., CornecB, containing 

 Cornus^ Benthamia^ and, according to some, 

 Aucuba ; Sambucece, containing Sambucus and 

 Viburnum ; and Lonicerece^ containing Sympho- 

 ria, Caprifolium, Lonicera^ Leycesteria, Linncea^ 

 &c. Cornus, Benthamia, and some other genera, 

 among which Dr. Lindley places Aucuba, are 

 now formed into a separate order, under the name 

 of CornacecB. The different species of Dogwood 

 (Camus) are known by the smooth bark of their 

 stems and branches, which is frequently red, or 

 reddish brown ; by their white flowers, which 

 are produced either in heads, or umbels, or in 

 corymbose panicles ; by their red or blackish 

 berries; and by their coarse feather-nerved 

 leaves. The principal species of Cornus are 

 the wild or female Cornel (C sanguined) ; the 

 common Dogwood (C. alba) ; the male Cornel, 

 or Cornelian Cherry (C mas) ; and American 



