5S COMMON CANADIAN \MLl> PLANTS. 



/y.i/r-rx (irlii/i') in jltlt Ciftii' -x. -Vi) fiirtiliifi-f. i'niit bin,- ,<r tr//>'t,'. 



.'>. C. circina'ta, L'irer. (ROUND-LEAVED !><><; WOOD.) A 



shrul), -4 (5 fec.-t high, with i/wiits/i, /i'<itii/-</<>>//, />/vr//r//r>. Leaves 

 opposite-, broadly oval, white- woolly beneath. Fruit light blue. 

 Rich woods. 



4. C. seric'ea, L. (SILKY CORNEL.) A large shrub, with 

 purplish branches. Leaves opposite, narrowly ovate or oblong, 

 silky beneath. Branchlets often rusty. Fruit light blue. Distin- 

 guished from No. 3 by the colour of the branches and the much 

 smaller leaves. Low wet grounds. 



5. C. stolonif era, Michx. (RED-OSIER DOGWOOD.) A shrub 

 forming clumps by the production of suckers or stolons, 3 U t'.-t-t, 

 high. Branches bright red-purple, smooth. Leaves opposite, ovali-, 

 roughish, whitish beneath. Fruit white or whitish. Low wet 

 grounds. 



C. C. paniculata, L'Her. (PANICLKD CORNEL.) A shrub 4-8 

 feet high, with erect, gray, and smooth branches. Flowers white, 

 very numerous. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed. 

 Cymes convex. Fruit white. Thickets and river-banks. 



7. C. asperifolia, Michx., (ROUGH-LEAVED DOGWOOD) is 

 reported by Macoun as common on Point Pelee. Branches 

 brownish, the branchlets rough-pubescent. Leaves opposite, 

 rather small, oblong or ovate ; rough above, downy beneath. 

 Fruit bluish. 



8. C. alternifo'lia, L. (ALTERNATE- LEAVED CORNEL.) A large 

 shrub or small tree, with alternate yreenish branches streaked loith 

 while. Letups moxfly alternate, oval, acute at each end, crowded 

 at the ends of the branches. Flowers yellowish, in loose cymes. 

 Fruit deep blue, on reddish stalks. Thickets. 



II. GAMOPET'ALOUS DIVISION. 



Embracing plants with both calyx and corolla, the 

 latter with the petals united (in however slight a degree). 



ORDER XLV. CAPRIFOLIA'CEJE. (HONEYSUCKLE F.) 



Shrubs, rarely herbs, with the calyx-tube adherent to the 

 ovary, the corolla borne on the ovary, and the stamens on the 



