544 
4. Cornus circinata L) Her. 
Cornus rugosa Lam, Encycl. 2: 115. 1786? 
C. ctrcinata 1, Her. Cornus, 7. pl. 3. 1788. 
A shrub, 3°-10° high, the twigs warty, 
green and glabrous. Leaves petioled, 
entire, broadly ovate, orbicular, or even 
wider than long, acute, or short-acuminate 
at the apex, mostly rounded or truncate 
at the base, pale and densely soft-pubes- \ pe 
cent beneath, slightly pubescent above, 
2/-6/ long; petioles 3/’-9’’ long; flowers 
white in rather dense cymes 114/-214’ 
broad, the pedicels usually somewhat 
pubescent; petals ovate; fruit globose, 
light blue, about 214’ in diameter; stone 
subglobose, somewhat ridged, sometimes 
broader than high. 
In shady, often rocky situations, Nova 
Scotia to Manitoba, south to Virginia, Illi- 
nois and Iowa, and Missouri (according to 
Tracy). May-June. 
6. Cornus asperifolia Michx. 
Rough-leaved Cornel or Dogwood. 
(Fig. 2715.) 
C. asperifolia Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 1: 93 ; 
Cornus Drummondti C. A. Meyer, Mem. Acad. 
1803. 
Petersb. (VI). 5: 210. 1845. 
A shrub, 3°-15° high, the twigs reddish 
brown, the youngest very rough-pubescent. 
Leaves very slender-petioled, ovate-oval, or 
elliptic, acuminate at the apex, mostly ob- 
tuse at the base, pale and woolly-pubescent 
beneath, densely rough-pubescent above, 
114/-5/ long; petioles and rays of the cyme 
rough-pubescent; cymes rather loosely-flow- 
ered, 2/-3/ broad; petals white, oblong- 
lanceolate; fruit globose, white, about 3’/ in 
diameter; stone slightly furrowed, little com- 
pressed, often oblique, more or less broader 
than high. 
In wet ground, or near streams, southern 
Ontario to Florida, west to Iowa, Kansas and 
Texas. The southeastern plant (C. asperifolia) 
may be distinct from the western (C. Drum- 
mondit.) May-June. 
CORNACEAE. 
Round-leaved Cornel or Dogwood. 
{Vor II. 
(Fig. 2713.) 
5. Cornus Amonum Mill. Silky 
Cornel. Kinnikinnik. (Fig. 2714.) 
C. Amonum Mill. Gard. Dict. Ed. 8, No. 5. 1768. 
Cornus sericea I. Mant. 2: 199. 1771. 
A shrub, 3°-10° high, with purplish twigs, 
the youngest commonly pubescent. Leaves 
petioled, ovate, oval, or ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate at the apex, narrowed or rounded 
at the base, usually finely pubescent with 
brownish hairs beneath, glabrous or min- 
utely appressed-pubescent above, 1/—5’ long; 
flowers white, in rather compact flat cymes 
14/-214’ broad; petals narrowly oblong; fruit 
globose, light blue, 3’’-314’” in diameter, 
stone oblique, ridged, narrowed or pointed at 
base, sometimes slightly broader than long. 
In low woods and along streams, New Bruns- 
wick to Ontario and Dakota, Florida, Nebraska 
