Umbellales.] 



CORNACEiE. 



783 



with a very austere flesh ; but after bletting it becomes su])-aciil, and was once held 

 in some such estimation as sorlw and services. The Turks still use it in the manufac- 

 ture of sherbet.—/'/. Gvcbc. Pr. ii. 41. Its fniit and leaves were fonnerly used in 

 medicine as astrmgents. Cornus otiieinalis, a large Japanese shrub, is little different 

 and is there commonly cultivated, for its fruits are a constant ingi-edient in the fever 

 drinks of the comitry. C. suecica is reputed to have tonic berriJs which increase the 

 appetite, whence its highland name Lus-a-chrasis, or plant of gluttony. 



GENERA. 



Benthamia, Z/«(f^. I Decostea, i?H(> c< Prtf. i />ora/i»/wi, Soland. , ? Maatixia, J5/mot 



Cormi^, Tourmf. Pukateria, /irtOM^. I Rdhania, GmtA. 1 \otom\ta, Auhl. 



AMcnha., Thu))h. |Corokia, C«»h. j Jinuihansia, GmeX. G lossotmi, Schrab. 



Eubasis, Sa.\ish. {'^ Curtisia, Ait. \ Sideroxi/lon, liurm. , OuilUminia, ^eck. 



Numbers. Gen. 9. Sp. 40. 



CaprifoUacccc. 

 Position. — Apiacccc. — Cornace.e. — Hamamelidaceie. 

 Alanrjiaccce. 

 Gaii-yacccB. 



