CHAP. LXI. 



COUNA CEA:. to RNUS. 



009 



^ F. a. i serotina Sims Bot. 

 Mag., t, 13-i2., has the 

 leaves oblong, acute, cre- 

 nately toothed at the top, 

 and green beneath. 



Description, Sfc. The Fothergilla 

 is a native of North America, from 

 Virginia to Carolina, in shady woods, 

 on the sides of hills, generally grow- f| 

 iug in soft moist soil. It was intro- 

 duced in 1765, grows to the height 

 of 4 ft. or 5 ft., 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 \s. each, and seeds Is. a packet; at BoUwyller, 2 francs a plant j 

 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'CEiE. 



This order includes only two genera of hardy woody plants, the characters 



of which are as follows : — 



(^o'rnus L. Tube of the calyx adhering to the ovarium. Limb small, 

 4-toothed. Petals 4, oblong, sessile; valvate in aestivation. 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. 



Bentha^m/.j Lindl. Flowers disposed in heads, each head attended by an in- 

 volucre, that consists of 4 petal-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. (Lindlei/ in Bot. Beg., t. 1379.) Natives of 

 the Himalayas. Dr. Lindley observes, when giving his reasons for separat- 

 ing this genus from Cornus, " 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. florida, 

 which agrees with it in habit, is also a species of Bentham/a, our means 

 do not enable us to determine." (Bot. Beg., vol. xix. t. 1379.) 



Genus I. 



m 



CO'RNUS L. The Dogwood. Lin. Sj/st. Tetrandria Monogynia. 



Tourn. Inst., 64L t. 410. ; Lin. Gen., No. 149. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 271. ; Dons Mill., 

 3x2 



Jdentification. 

 3. p. S98. 



