CHAP. LXI. 



CORNA'CEiT:. CO RNUS. 



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short, adpressed hairs. Tube of calyx pubescent. 

 (Don's AM., 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 siirub, 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 17.58, and common in 

 collections. There is a plant of this sort at 

 Kew, which is 10ft. 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 Tajmouth, 20 ft. high, and the 

 diameter of the head 25 ft. 



Varieties. 



a C. p. 2 dlbida Ehrh. Beitr., iv. p. 16.— 



Leaves elliptic-lanceolate. 

 * C. p. .3 radidta Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., i. 

 p. 109. — Corymbs sterile, foliiferous. 



765 

 The silky Dogwood. 



p. 399. ; Lodd. Cat., edit. 1836. 



* 6. C. (a.) seri'cea UHerit. 



Identification. L'H^rit Corn., No. 6. t. 2. ; Don's Mill, 



Synonymes. C. lanuginosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 92. ; C. alba Walt. Ft. Cm:, 88., but not of 

 Lin. ; C. caerCllea Lam. Diet., 2. p. 116. ; C. y^moinum Bu Roi Harbk., 1. p. 165. ; C. rubiginbsa 

 Ehrh. Beitr., 4. p. 15. ; C. ferruginea Hort. Par. ; C. candidissiraa Mill. ; C. cyanocftrpos Moenck , 

 but not of Gniel. 



Engravings. Schmidt Baum., 2. t 64. ; and our fig. 766. 



Spec. Char., c^-c. Branches spreading. 

 Branchlets woolly. Leaves ovate, acu- 

 minated, clothed with rusty pubescence 

 beneath. Corymbs depressed, woolly. 

 Pomes bright blue. Nut compressed. 

 (Don's MUL, 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 1 683. 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. 



at C. (a.) s. 2 oblongifblia Dec. Prod., iv. p. 272. ; 6'. oblongifolia Ra^n. 



in Lilt. ; has leaves oblong and glabrous above, 

 at C. (a.) s. 3 asperifolia Dec. Prod., iv. p. 272., Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; C. 

 asperifolia Michx. 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 

 varietv in this place. 



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