CHAP. LXI. CORNA‘CER. CO’RNUS. 1013 
short, adpressed hairs. Tube of calyx pubescent. 
(Don’s Mill., iii. p. 398.) A native of North 
America, from Canada to Carolina, rare; in 
swamps and near rivulets, among other bushes ; 
where it forms a shrub, growing 4 ft. or 6 ft. 
high, flowering in July and August. In a cul- 
tivated state, it forms a low tree, 20 ft. or 25 ft. 
high. Introduced in 1758, and common in 
collections. There is a plant of this sort at 
Kew, which is 10 ft. high; one at Ham House 
is 25 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 8 in., 
and of the head 21 ft. In Scotland, in Fife- 
shire, in Danibristle Park, it is 12 ft. high; and 
in Perthshire, at Taymouth, 20 ft. high, and the 
diameter of the head 25 ft. 
Varieties. 
x C.p. 2 dlbida Ehbrh. Beitr., iv. p. 16.— 
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate. 
% C. p. 3 radiata Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., i. 
p- 109.—Corymbs sterile, foliiferous. 
gv 6. C.(A.) sERI’cEA L’Heérit. The silky Dogwood. 
Identification. L’Heérit. Corn., No. 6. t. 2.; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 399. ; Lodd. Cat., edit. 1836. 
Synonymes. C. \anugindsa Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 92.5; C. alba Wait. Fi. Car., 88., but not of 
Lin.; C. cerdlea Lam. Dict., 2. p.116.; C. Amomum Du Roi Harbk., 1. p. 165.; C. rubigindsa 
Ehrh, Beitr., 4. p.15.; C. ferruginea Hort. Par.; C. candidissima Miil.; C. cyanocarpos Mench, 
but not of Gmel, 
Engravings. Schmidt Baum., 2. t. 64.; and our fig. 766. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Branches spreading. 
Branchlets woolly. Leaves ovate, acu- 
minated, clothed with rusty pubescence 
beneath. Corymbs depressed, woolly. 
Pomes bright blue. Nut compressed. 
(Don’s Mill. iii. p. 399.) A native of 
North America, from Canada to Caro- 
lina, in swampy woods and on river 
banks. It is a shrub, growing from 
5 ft. to 8 ft. high, flowering in June and 
July. Introduced in 1683. The plant 
in the arboretum at Kew is 8 ft. high. 
This sort is very distinct from the two 
preceding ones, and comes nearer, in 
general appearance, to C. alba than they 
do ; but it is a weaker plant, and smaller in all its parts than that species. 
The two preceding sorts, C. (a.) stricta and C. (a.) paniculata, have much 
narrower leaves, and a more compact fastigiate habit of growth, than any 
other species or variety of the genus. C. (a.) paniculata is the handsomest 
of the three sorts for a small garden, as it is easily kept of a small size, 
and in a neat shape, and it flowers profusely. 
Varieties. 
u C.(a.) s.2 oblongifolia Dec. Prod., iv. p.272.; C. oblongifolia Rajin. 
in Litt.; has leaves oblong and glabrous above. 
% C. (a.) s.3 asperifolia Dec. Prod., iv. p. 272., Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; C. 
asperifolia Miche. Fl. Bor. Amer., i. p.93.— Leaves oval, acumi- 
nated, rough above from minute stiff pubescence, and rather tomen- 
tose beneath. It is a native of Lower Carolina, in shady woods. This 
variety is, in all probability, identical with C. (a.) stricta asperifolia 
Lodd. Cat., noticed p. 1012 ; but, as the plants in the Hackney ar- 
boretum, with this name appended to them, are not rough above, 
we have thought it worth while to retain the description of Michaux’s 
variety in this place. 


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