CORNEL TRIBE. 



1. CORNUS (Cornel}. 



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1. C. sanguinea (Wild Cornel, Dog- wood). Shrubby. 

 Hedges and thickets, especially on a chalk or lime- 

 stone soil. A bushy shrub 5 6 feet high, with oppo- 

 site, egg-shaped, pointed leaves, and terminal cymes of 



YOUNG SHOOT OF THE WILD CORNEL. 



ull- white flowers. The bark on the old branches is of 

 ^reddish hue ; the berries are small, and dark purple. 

 'he young shoots in spring, and the leaves at all sea- 

 3ns, are particularly well adapted for displaying the 

 resence of spiral vessels in these parts, being numerous 



