546 CORNACEAE. _ [Vor. II. 
1o. Cornus stricta Lam. Stiff Cor- 
nel or Dogwood. (Fig. 2719.) 
Cornus stricta Lam, Encycl. 2: 116. 1786. 
Cornus fastigiata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 92. 
1803. 
A shrub, 8°-15° high, resembling the pre- 
ceding species, the twigs purplish or reddish 
brown. Leaves petioled, ovate or ovate-lan- 
ceolate, acute or acuminate at the apex, nar- 
rowed or sometimes rounded at the base, 
sparingly and finely appressed-pubescent on 
both sides, 1144/-3’ long, the margins often 
minutely denticulate, green above and be- 
neath; cymes rather loosely flowered, 114/- 
2%’ broad, their rays nearly or quite gla- 
brous; petals white, ovate-lanceolate, or ob- 
long; fruit pale blue, about 3’’ in diameter; 
stone globose, nearly smooth. 
In swamps, Virginia to Georgia and Florida. 
April-May. 
11. Cornus alternifolia L.f. 
Alternate-leaved Cornel or Dogwood. 
(Fig. 2720.) 
Cornus alterntfolia I. f£. Suppl. 125. 1781. 
A shrub, or small tree, with smooth greenish 
bark, reaching a maximum height of about 30° 
and trunk diameter of 8’. Leaves slender- 
petioled, alternate, often clustered near the ends 
of the branches, oval or ovate, acuminate at 
the apex, narrowed or sometimes rounded at 
the base, 2’-4’ long, pale and appressed-pubes- 
cent beneath, glabrate above, the margins mi- 
nutely denticulate; petioles 4’-1%4’ long; cymes 
2/4’ broad, pubescent; petals white, or cream- 
color, lanceolate; fruit globular, or slightly de- 
pressed, blue, about 4’ in diameter; stone some- 
what oboyoid, channeled, scarcely flattened. 
In woods, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to 
Georgia, west to Ontario, Minnesota and Alabama. 
Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. Wood hard, reddish 
brown; weight per cubic foot 42 lbs. May-July. 
2. NYSSA L. Sp. Blo 1058; 1753. 
Trees or shrubs, with alternate petioled entire or dentate leaves. Flowers small, green- 
ish, polygamo-dioecious, in capitate clusters, short racemes, or the fertile ones sometimes 
solitary, borne at the summit of slender axillary peduncles, appearing with the leaves. 
Staminate flowers numerous, the calyx small, 5-parted, the petals minute and fleshy, or 
none; stamens 5-15; filaments slender; disk entire or lobed; pistil none or rudimentary. 
Pistillate flowers 2-14, or solitary, bracted; calyx-limb 5-toothed, or truncate; petals minute 
and fleshy, or none; stamens several, or commonly abortive; ovary 1-celled, with 1 pendu- 
lous ovule; style slender, recurved, stigmatic along one side near the apex. Drupe ovoid or 
oval, the stone bony, compressed, ridged or terete, I-seeded. [Name of a water nymph. ] 
About 7 species, natives of eastern North America, eastern and central Asia. Besides the fol- 
lowing, another occurs in the southern States. 
Leaves usually entire; pistillate flowers 2-14; fruit 3'’-7'’ long. 
Leaves mostly acute or acuminate; stone little flattened. 
Leaves mostly obtuse; stone much flattened. 
Leaves usually dentate; pistillate flower solitary; fruit 8’’-15'' long. 
N. sylvatica. 
. NV. biflora. 
N. aquatica. 
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