TETRANDRIA MONOGVNIA 



30^ 



CORNUS. 



Calyx supcruR, 4-den- I CwZ?/^: superior, 4 tooth- 



tatus. 



Petala supera, 4. 



ed. 



Petals 4, superior 



hrupa mice 3-loculari. I £)n//;<? containing a 3 cell 



ed nut. 



* Floribus capltatis, in- 



rolucrafis. 



* Flowers in headsy 



siirroimded 



I 



lucrum. 



an mvoi- 



i. Canadensis. 



C. herbacea ; foliis 



sum mis verticillatis, ve- 

 nosis : 



involucris ovatis, | involucrum 



Herbaceous ; tbe upper 



ives verticillate,veined; 



ovate, acu- 



acuminatis ; drupls glo- mmate ; drupes globose 



bosis. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 661. 



Mich. t. p. Fursh, 1. p. 107 



This singular Vittle shrub scarcely exceeds 6 inches in heiVht. Slem 

 injled near the summit. The lower leaves are small, opposite, the up-' 

 KT vertvcillate, or rather perhaps tcrnate and opposite, tlie interme- 

 «ate leaf beins; longer than the lateral, all slightly acuminate and 

 «»rkcd by rib-Ukc veins, t lowers in a terminal capitulum, very small* 

 Imiucrum white. Berries red. ^ 



Grows in 



Carolina. Purs 



;y ground, oa high mountains, from Ncw-Englaud to 



Flow 



/ 



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41 



fi3 



8. Florida. 



C. arborea; foliis 



in vol u- 



7 —".H1JM.110 , 1U\UU 



<;ns Tnagnis, obcordatis 



Arborescent ; 

 ate, acuminate 



leaves 

 invo- 



drui 



5 



Pursh, 1. 



i 



drup 



um large, obcordate 



Sp.pl p. G61. Walt. p. 88. Mich. 1. p. 9i, 



10 inches diameter, with ex 



Foiln^'^^'jredta^"^ - -'^ -tremxt.es of the olden 



^'^olate^acumfnatel; • ^^^-K, ^""l"' ^PP'^^'te, deciduous, ovate! 

 rt» *l4rv iTous oi tW un'l"^^'^' ^^^ '^"""S^ ones very' nubes, 



^olucrum 4 leaved .eavehr'^"''; ^ ""''''' '" *^''"""^^ '^«^<'«. 



-* leavea, leaves large, obcordate, nerved, white: tl.e 



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