COENACEAE. 



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GAEEYA. 

 (Family Cornaceae). 



Shrubs, sometimes grown in es- 

 palier: evergreen. Twigs moder- 

 ate, terete, for a time tomentu- 

 lose: pith moderate, round, con- 

 tinuous. Buds solitary, sessile, 

 ovoid, with 1 or 2 pairs of ex- 

 posed scales. Leaf-scars opposite, 

 at first elevated but low after the 

 fall of the deciduous base, angu- 

 larly U-shaped: bundle-traces 3: 

 stipule-scars lacking. Leaves sim- 

 ple, entire, very short-petioled. 



This has been made the type 

 of a distinct family, Garryaceae, 

 which some botanists do not con- 

 sider at all closely related to the 

 Cornaceae. 



Most garryas are . of the Pacific 

 North American region. A single 

 West Indian species has been sep- 

 arated under the name Fadyenia; 



but the closeness of its relationship to the others is shown 

 by the fact that it has been hybridized with G. elliptica. 

 Leaves elliptical, crisped, tomentulose beneath. G. elliptica. 

 Winter-characters of Marlea platanifolia, of the Corna- 

 ceae, are given by Shirasawa, 238, pi. 2. 



