CHAP. LXI. CORNA‘CEE. CO’RNUS. 1009 
&% F. a. 4 serdtina Sims Bot. “i 
Mag., t. 1342., has the 
leaves oblong, acute, cre- 
nately toothed at the top, 
and green beneath. 
Description, §c. The Fothergilla 
is a native of North America, from 
Virginia to Carolina, in shady woods, 4 
on the sides of hills, generally grow- ‘S3— 
ing in soft moist soil. It was intro- 
duced in 1765, grows to the height 
of 4 ft. or 5ft., and flowers in April 
or May. In British gardens, it 
thrives best in moist sandy peat. 
The species is propagated by seeds, 
which are sometimes ripened in 
this country, but are generally re- 
ceived from America; and the varieties by layers. Plants, in the London 
nurseries, are Is. each, and seeds Is. a packet; at Bollwyller, 2 francs a plant ; 
and at New York, 30 cents a plant, and seeds 30 cents per quart. 



CHAP. LXI. 
OF THE HARDY AND HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE 
ORDER CORNA‘CER, 
Tuts order includes only two genera of hardy woody plants, the characters 
of which are as follows : — 
Co’rnus L. Tube of the calyx adhering to the ovarium. Limb small, 
4-toothed. Petals 4, oblong, sessile; valvate in zstivation. Stamens 4. 
Style 1. _ Pome baccate, marked by the vestiges of the calyx, containing 
a 2-celled, rarely 3-celled, nut. Seed solitary, pendulous. Albumen 
fleshy. Radicle of embryo shorter than the cotyledons. (Don’s Mill, iii. 
p- 398.) — Deciduous trees and shrubs, all with opposite leaves, except 
the first species; entire, feather-nerved. Flowers sometimes capitate and 
umbellate, involucrated; sometimes corymbose and panicled, without an 
involucre. Petals white, rarely yellow. 
Bentua‘mz4 Lindl. Flowers disposed in heads, each head attended by an in- 
volucre, that consists of 4 petai-like parts, and resembles a corolla. Calyx 
with a minute 4-toothed limb. Petals 4, fleshy, wedge-shaped. Stamens 4. 
Style 1. Fruit constituted of many pomes grown together ; endocarp in each 
pome with 2 cells. Seeds solitary and pendulous in each cell. — Trees or 
shrubs, with leaves opposite. (Lindley in Bot. Reg., t. 1579.) Natives of 
the Himalayas. Dr. Lindley observes, when giving his reasons for separat- 
ing this genus from Cérnus, “ We do not understand upon what principle 
this very distinct genus has been combined with Cornus, from which it 
differs essentially, both in flowers and fruit. Whether or not C. flérida, 
which agrees with it in habit, is also a species of Benthamia, our means 
do not enable us to determine.” (Bot. Reg., vol. xix. t. 1579.) 
Genus I. 
tine pray, 
ell a! 3 | 
CO/RNUS L. Tue Doewoon. Lin. Syst. Tetrandria Monogynia. 
een. Tourn. Inst., 641. t. 410, ; Lin. Gen., No. 149, ; Dec, Prod., 4. p. 271.; Don’s Mill., 
. p. 598. 
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