lOl* ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



± 7. C. (a.) circina'ta L'Herit. The rounded-leaved Dogwood. 



Idenfification. L'Herit. Corn., p. 7. No. 8. t. 3. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 276. ; Don's Mill., 3. 



p. 399. ; Lodd. Cat., edit. 1836. ^ ., „ „ ,,r ^ 



Synonymes. C. tomentbsa Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 91. ; C. rugOsa Lam. Diet., 2. p. 115. ; C. 



virginiJlna Hort. Par. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Baum., 2. t. 69. ; and our^. 767. 



Sj}ec. Char., Sfc. Branches warted. Leaves ^_^ 767 

 broadly oval, acuminated, clothed with hoary 

 tomentiim beneath. Corymbs depressed, 

 spreading. Branches slightly tinged with red. 

 Leaves broad, waved on their edges. Flowers 

 white, as in most of the species. Pomes glo- 

 bo.se, at first blue, but at length becoming 

 white. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 399.) A native of 

 North America, from Canada to Virginia, 

 on the banks of rivers ; and probably of Cali- 

 fornia. A shrub, growing from 5 ft. to 10 ft. 

 high, flowering in June and July. Introduced 

 in ITS+j and not unfreijucnt m collections. 

 There are plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden, and in the collec- 

 tion of Messrs. Loddiges, which are readily distinguished from those of all 

 the other sorts, by their broader leaves, and their rough warted branches. 



*t 8. C. OBLO'NGA Wall. The oh\ong-leaved Dogwood. 



Identification. Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind., 1. p. 4.'32 ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 398. 

 Synonyme. C. paniciilata Uamilt. ex',D. l)nn Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 140. 



Spec. Chnr., S;c. Leaves oblong, acuminated, acute at the ba.se, glaucous, and rather scabrous beneath, 

 with many excavated glands along the axils of the ribs .ind nerves. Corymbs sjireading, panicled. 

 Young shoots clothed with short ad))resse<l hair. Leaves 4 — 6 in. long, and 1 to \k in. broad. 

 Petioles about an'inch long. Flowers white orpale purplish, fragrant. Calyx clothed witn adprcsscd 

 silvery hairs, as well as the pedicels and petals. Ovarium 3-cellcd. Pome ovate -oblong. (/.Jon'i 

 Mill., iii. p. 398.) A native of Xepal, about Narainhetty, Katmandu, and the Valley of Dhoon ; 

 where it forms a tree, growing from 10 ft. to 15 ft. in height. It is said to have been introduced in 

 1818 ; but wc have never seen it 



34 C. maerofihfilla Wall, has broad, ovate, acuminated loaves, and small pomes, about the size of 

 black pepper. It is a native of the Himalaya Mountains, but it is not yet introduced. 



•S C. cxc'lsa H. B. et Kunth {lion's Mill., 3. p. .399.) is a native of the environs of Mexico, and is 

 closely allied to C. san ;uinca ; but only dried specimens of it have yet been seen in Britain. 



§ ii. Involucrdta; Dec. 



Derivation. From involucrum, an involucre, with which the heads of flowers are severally sur- 

 rounded. 



Sect. Char. Flowers disposed in heads or umbels, surrounded by coloured 

 involucres, which are usually composed of 4 leaves. (Dec Prod., iv. p. 273.) 



A. Trees with ivhitc capitafe Floircrs. 



^ C. discifthra Moc. et .Sesse [Dec. Prod., 4. p. 273. ; C. gr&ndis Cham, ct Sclilecht.) has smooth 

 branches, with lanceolate leaves, and ovate fruit. It is a native of Mexico, near Jalapa, but has not 

 yet been introduced. 



y C. jn}k'tnica Thunb., /'iburnum japonicum Spreng., is anativeof Japan, with ovate-acuminated 

 leaves, and fruit crowned by a very short permanent style, red, smooth, and rather acid. Not yet in. 

 troduced. 



B. Trees with j/cllow, nmbclled. Flowers. 

 ^ 9. C ma's L. The male Dogwood, the Cornel, or Cornelian Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 171. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 40a ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Synonymes. C. mascula l,''U6rit. Corn., No. 4., Guimp. Ahh., t. 2., Ilaync Term. Hot., t. 35., Fl. 

 Grrec, t. 151., Schmidt Bau»i., 2. t. 63., Lnm III., t. 74. f 1., Kniph. Cent., I. t. 18 ; Long Cherry 

 Tree ; Cornelia ; Cornouiller male, Cornes, Corneilles, Fr. ; Kornel Kir.'che Hartriegel, Ger. 



Derivation. The name of mas has been applied to this species since the days of Theophrastus ; in all 

 probability, because young plants arc barren for many years after they show flowers ; these flowers 

 being furnished with stamens only. For an opposite reason, the name of Cornus fop'mina was given 

 to C. sanguTnea. (See p. 1010.) The name of Cornelian Cherry relates to the beautiful colour of 

 the fruit, which resembles that of a cornelian. 



Engravings. Black., t. 121. ; Plenck. Icon., t. 35. ; our fig. 768. ; and the plate in Vol. II. 



S2Jec. Char., <5"<^. Branches smoothish. Leaves oval, acuminated, rather 

 pubescent on both surfaces. Flowers protruded before the leaves. Umbels 

 about e :]ual in length to the 4-leaved involucre. Flowers yellow. Fruit 



