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its fine large leaves, and white flowers; in autumn, from its white fruit, 
which are about the size and colour of those of the mistletoe; and in 
the winter and spring, from the fine red of its young shoots. Sir W. 
J. Hooker says of this species of Cérnus, that it is the only one of the group 
to which it belongs that he received from British North America; and that 
it appears to him that C. stricta, C. paniculata, and C. sericea, and also some 
states of C. circinata, are too nearly allied to be made separate species. (FV. 
Bor, Amer., i. p. 276.) 
Varieties. 
w C. a. 2 circindta Don’s Mill. iii. p. 399.; C. circinata Cham. et 
Schlecht. in Linnea., iii. p. 139.; has the berries of a lead colour, 
according to Dr. Richardson; who further says they are named by 
the Cree Indians musquameena, because the bears fatten upon them; 
and meethquan-peemeenattick and meenisan, red-stick berry; and that 
pigeons are fond of them: they are also considered a good stomachic. 
A native throughout Canada, and from Lake Huron to lat. 69° N., 
Newfoundland, and the north-west coast of America; but not yet 
introduced. 
% C. a. 3 sibirica Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, has the shoots of a fine orange 
red, covered with a delicate bloom. It makes a splendid appearance 
in the winter season. 
gw 4. C.(a.) stricta Lam. The straight-branched Dogwood. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 3. p.116.; Don’s Mill. 3. p. 399. 
Synonymes. C. fastigiata Mich. Fi. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 92. and Lodd. Cat., edit. 1836 ; C. sanguinea 
Wait., but not of Lin.; C. cyanocérpos Gmel. Syst. Veg., 1. p.257.; C. canadénsis Hort, Par. ; 
C. cerilea Meerb. Icon., 3., but not of Lam. 
Engravings. L’Hérit. Corn., No. 9. t. 4.; Schmidt Baum., 2. t. 67.; and our jigs. 763, 764. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches straight, fas- 
tigiate. Leaves ovate, acuminated, 
glabrous, green on both surfaces; 
when young, hardly pubescent be- 
neath. Corymbs convex, somewhat 
panicled. Branches reddish brown. = 
Anthers blue. Pomes globose, soft, 
blue on the outside, but white inside. 
(Don’s Mill., iti. p. 399.) A nativeT6* 
of North America, from Carolina to 
Canada, frequent on the banks of 
rivers; also of Mexico, between Tam- 
pico and Real del Monte. A shrub, 
growing from 6 ft. to 10 ft. or even 
20 ft. high, according to soil and situ- 
ation, and flowering in June and July. 
Introduced in 1758. The plant in the 
arboretum at Kew is 14 ft. high. 
Varieties. 
% C, (a.) s. 2 asperifolia Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, if not identical with the 
species, differs from it but very slightly. 
xz C. (a.) s, 3 sempervirens Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, closely resembles the 
species, but differs from it in retaining its leaves throughout a part 
of the winter. There are plants of both these varieties in the 
arboretum of the Messrs. Loddiges. 
ge #5. C.(a.) panicuLa‘ra L’ Heérit. The panicled-flowering Dogwood. 
Identification. L’Hérit. Corn., No. 10. t. 5.; Don’s Mill. 3. p. 398.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
ee hey €. racemdsa Lam. Dict., 2. p. 116.; C. foe’mina Mill, Dict., No. 4.; C. citrifdlia Hort. 
ar. 
Engravings. L’Hérit. Corn., No, 10. t. 5.; Schmidt Baum., 2. t. 68. ; and our fig. 765. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches erect. Leaves ovate, acuminated, glabrous, hoary 
beneath. Corymb thyrsoid. Ovarium silky. Branches pale purplish. Pomes 
roundish, depressed, watery, white, 3 lines in diameter. The dots on the 
under side of the leaves, which are only seen through a lens, bear bicuspidate, 


