86 Literary Intelligence. 



Cornus mas floribus quasi in corymbo digestis, peri- 

 anthio albo e quatiior foliis composite radiatim expanso 

 cinctis. Dogwood. Clayt. n. 57. 



Dogwood. Lawsoii's Voyage, &c. p. 94. 



Anglis, Great-flowered Dogwood. Florid Dogwood. 

 Male Virginian Dogwood. 



Europo-Americanis, Dogwood. Box-tree. New- 

 England Box-wood. 



Indigents. Mon-ha-can-ni-min-schi, and Hat-ta-wa- 

 no-min-schi*, of the Lenni-Lennape, or Delaware-In- 

 dians. 



In woods, in a great variety of soils. 



" Hab. in sylvis Virginia?, Carolina?, Canada?, 8cc." 

 Michaux, I. c. Very common in New- York, New- 

 Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Vir- 

 ginia. Ph. 



The geographical range of this species of Cornus is 

 not well known to me. I trace it, very confidently, as far 

 north as the latitude of 44°, and as far south as 28° or 

 27°. But I have no reason to suppose, that these are the 

 idthni fines of the vegetable, in either direction. It inha- 

 bits from the Atlantic to the Missisippi, but how much 

 further west, I know note 



* The words min-schi, which so very frequently occur as a part 

 (the terminating part) of the Lenni-Lennape names of our native 

 vegetables, signify, if I do not mistake, a tree, or shrub, or wood. 

 I do not perceive, that these words are ever applied to any of the 

 herbaceous vegetables, strictly so called, though they are to small 

 shrubby plants, as well as to the largest trees. Thus the Chesnut. 

 which is one of the largest North- American trees, is called Woa- 

 \>\-min-schi, and a small species of swamp Vaccinium, Mas-ge- 

 qui-minsc/ii. 



