CORNUS 



CORREA 



379 



■or pinkish, 3-4 in. wide; bracts 4, obovate, emarginate: 

 fr. Kin. long, scarlet. May. Massachusetts to Ploriiia, 

 west to Ontario and Texas, also E. and S. Mexico. S.S. 

 5:112-1:!. Em.4(KS. G. P. 3:431. B.M. 526. Gn. 52, p. 177r 

 ■53, p. 222. .T.H. III. 28: 453. — One of the most beautiful 

 American flowering trees ; hardy north. Var. p6ndula, 

 Hort. With pendulous branches. 

 Var. rubra, Hort. With pink in- 

 volucre, but less free-tiowenng 

 than the type. R. H. 1894 ,iOO 

 A.G. 18:441. F. E. 9:572. Neither 

 variety as hardy as the type. 



14. Niittalli, Aud. Tree, to bU 

 ft.: Ivs. ovate or obovate, usu- 

 ally pubescent beneath, 4-5 in 

 long: involucre white or tinged 

 with pink, 4-6 in. 

 across; bracts 4-6, ob- 

 long or obovate, some- 

 times roundish, mostly ^z^ " 

 acute : fr. bright red 

 ■ororange, crowned with 

 the broad, persistent 

 calyx. Brit. Columbia to S. Call 

 S.S. 5:214-15. Gng. 6: 274.-Thl^ 

 species surpasses the former m 

 beauty, but is more tender and has not > et been 

 successfully cultivated outside ot its native 

 country, though introduced at several tunes 

 into different American and European gardens 



DD. Frs.coiiiiiilf iiil ' I il'ilnilar fleihy 

 li,,i,l. I /, , llnimia.) 



15. Koilsa, Bueri;. ( li,'iilli iiiiki Japdnica, Siiih.i: Zucc. 

 C/apOHicii, Koehne, notThunbg ). Shrub or small tree, 

 to 20 ft.: Ivs, cuneate, elliptic ovate, acuminate, dark 

 green above, glaucous and appressed pubescent beneath, 

 2— t in. long : involucre creamy white. 2/2-3 in. wide ; 

 bracts ovate, acute: frs. forming a globular head. .Tune. 

 Japan, China. S.Z. 16. Gn. 43: 898 G.C. III. 19:783. 

 A.G. 13:674. Gng. 3:149. J. H. III. 35:9. M.D.G. 

 1899:328-9. — Pis. very showy, appearing after the Ivs. in 

 June and contrasting well with the bright green foliage; 

 hardy as far north as Mass. Sometimes variegated. 



16. capitJlta, Wall. {BeiitliAniia friigifera, Liudl.). 

 Tree : Ivs. coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, narrowed at both 

 ends, appressed-pubescent above and more densely and 

 whitish beneath, 2— t in.: involucre about 2J^-3 in. wide, 

 creamy white; bracts ovate, acute: fruit-head over 1 in. 

 across, scarlet. June. Himalayas. B.R. 19:1579. Gn. 54, 

 p. 310. G.C. III. 16:501. J. H. III. 30: 213.- Evergreen 

 tree, with showy fls. and frs. ; hardy only south. 



AA. Low herli.1 : fls. in dense heads, with a white (or 

 pinkish} involucre, 



17. Canad6nsi8, Linn. Herb, i4-% ft. high, with creep- 

 ing rootstock : Ivs. whorled, sessile, elliptic or obovate, 

 glabrous or nearly so, 1-3 in. long: head greenish, long- 

 peduncled ; involucre white, 1-lK in. wide : fr. bright 

 red, globose. May-July. N. Amer. , south to Indiana, 

 Colorado and Calif. B. M. 880. — Handsome plant for 

 half-shady places. 



C. asperifdlia, Miclis. Shrub, 8-15 ft.: branches reddish 

 brown: Ivs. rough above, woolly-pubescent beneath: fr. white. 

 Ontario to Florida, west to Texas. G.F. 10:105.— C.brachypuda, 

 C. A. Mey. Shnib; Ivs. opposite, glaucous and appressed-pubes- 

 cent beneath : panicles large, loose. See C. maerophylla in the 

 main list. Japan. China.— Cgiafird^a, Benth. Shi-ub. to 10 ft.; 

 branches gray: Ivs. small, nearly glabrous, green and shining on 

 both sides : fr. white. Oregon to Calif. — C. Hessei, Koehne. 

 AlUed to C. alba. Dwarf, dense shrub: Ivs. crowded, small: fr. 

 bluish white. Probably from E. Asia.— 0. obl6nga,'WA\\. Shrub 

 or tree, to 30 ft,: Ivs, narrow-oblong, nearly glabrous, glaucous 

 beneath, coriaceous : tls. white, fragrant, in eymose panicles, 

 Himalayas,— C. pubescens, Nutt, Shrub, to 15 ft., with purple 

 branches ; Ivs. nearly glabrous above, glaucous and woolly-pu- 

 bescent beneath : fr. white, Brit, Columbia to Calif,— 0. SuHcica, 

 Linn, Allied to C, Canadensis: Ivs, all opposite: fl, -head purple, 

 the white involucre 1 in, or less wide. Arctic Amer., N. Eu., 

 N, Asia, B,B,2:543, ALFRED ReHDEK. 



CORONA. Same as crown. 



CORONtLLA ( Latin, a little crown : from the ar- 



rangtnient of the fls.). Legumindsw, tribe Hedi/sdrew. 

 Crown \'f:TCH, Perennial shrubs or herbs, with odd- 



pinnate Ivs., and purple or yellow fls. in peduncled 

 heads or umbels ; pod jointed. Separated from Orni- 

 thopus by floral and fruit characters. Species 25-30, 

 Mediterranean region. The shrubby C Emerus and C. 

 glauca are useful in southern California and the south- 

 ern states. The species are occasionally grown in bor- 

 ders. C. glauca is sometimes grown under glass 

 for spring bloom, after the manner of Cyfisus. 

 All are of easy culture. 



558. 

 Cornus fli 



(X 



A. Flowers yellow. 

 B. Herbs. 



Cappadbcica, Willd. (C. Iberica, Bieh.). Low peren- 

 nial herb, about 1 ft. high: Ifts. 9-11, obcordate, ciliate: 

 umbels 7-8-fld. : fls. yellow, large, July-Aug. : stipules 

 inembranaeeous, rounded, ciliate-toothed. Asia Minor. 

 L.B.C. 8:789. B.M. 2646. -A good trailer for rockeries 

 and the margins of borders. 



BB. Shrubs. 



EmSrus, Linn. Scorpion Senna. Dense, symmetrical 

 shrub, 4-6 ft. high: Ivs. deep, glossy green; Ifts. 5-7, 

 obovate; stipules small: peduncles 3-fld.: fls. large, 

 yellow, tipped with red. Blooms freely, May and June. 

 Showy, half-hardy. S. Eu. B.M. 445. Gng. 5:36.- 

 Evergreen in S. states. 



glailca, Linn. Glabrous shrub 2-4 ft. high : stipules 

 small, lanceolate : Ifts. 5-7, obovate, very blunt, glau- 

 cous: fls. 7-8 in each umbel, yellow, fragrant by dav but 

 nut at night. S. Eu. B.M. 13.-0ne of the common 

 garden shrubs of S. Calif., flowering all the year. 



AA. Flowers white and pink. 



vimin^lia, Salisb. Trailing shrub : stipules soon de- 

 ciduous, ovate, membranaceous : Ifts. 13-21, obovate, 

 notched, glaucous : umbels 6-10-fld. : fls. pale red or 

 white with a red stripe on the banner. Algeria. — Prom- 

 ising as a florists' plant for cut fls. Pis. all the year in 

 S. Calif. 



T&ria, Linn. Crown-Vetch. Pig. 559. Straggling or 

 ascending, smooth herb, 1-2 ft. high: Ivs. sessile ; Ifts. 

 11-25, oblong or obovate, blunt and mucronate, %~%\n. 

 long: peduncles longer than Ivs.: fls. in dense umbels, 

 %. in. long, pinkish white. June to Oct. Eu. B.M. 258. 

 Gng. 5: 337. — Trailing pUint for hardy, herbaceous 

 border. Jared G. Smith. 



C0RR£A (after Jose Prancesco Correa de Serra, 

 Portuguese author, 1750-18231. Rut&eea. Seven spe- 

 cies of tender Australian shrubs, rarely cultivated un- 

 der glass for their pendulous, tubular fls. an inch or two 



