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Family 3, CORNACE.E. 



Stamens 4. Leaves opposite. 



1, Cornus L. CORNEL. DOGWOOD. 



Flowers , Petals 4. Ovary 2-celled. 

 Style 1. Fruit a drupe, with two pyrense. ^ . 



1. C. NUTTALLII Audubon. Flowers in a 

 dense glomerule, supported by a conspicuous 

 petaloid involucre ; flowers greenish; fruit 

 red. Formerly in the vicinity of San Fran- 

 cisco, where it is now extinct. Still to be 

 found on Bolinas Heights. Common in the 

 Sierra. 



2. C. CALIFORNICA C. A. Meyer. Flowers 

 in a cyme, not involucrate white ; fruit white, 

 sometimes blue. Crystal Springs. Marin 

 County. Summer. 



2. Garrya Dougl. TASSEL TREE. 



Dioecious. Flowers amentaceous, ternate 

 between decussate bracts. Petals 0. Ovary 

 1-celled ; styles two, persistent. Ovules two. 

 Fruit a berry. . 



1. G. ELLIPTICA Dougl. Leaves sessile, un- 

 dulate; fruit purple. Shady ravines around 

 the bay. Spring. 



2. G. FREMONTII Torr. Leaves petiolate, 

 not undulate; fruit purple. Wright's Station. 

 Santa Cruz moan tains. Spring. " Quinine 



