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CORNUS 



CORNUS 



1066. Cornus mas. (Sprays 



fr. black. June. Cent. China. G.C. III. 50:95. G.M. 

 54:593. Gt. 1896, p. 285. Wang. 72. Handsome 

 shrub nearly half-evergreen, but not hardy N. P. 3567. 



15. pumila, Koehne (C. mas var. nana, Dipp.). 

 Dense shrub, to 6 ft.: branchlets terete, glabrous: Ivs. 

 crowded, broadly ovate to oblong-ovate, short-acumi- 

 nate, abruptly contracted 



at the base, dark green 

 and nearly glabrous above, 

 paler and appressed-hairy 

 beneath, \ 1 A-3 1 A in. long: 

 cymes long-peduncled, 2-3 

 in. broad; style thickened 

 below the 

 apex: fr. 

 black. July. 

 Origin un- 

 known. 

 Handsome 



A 1_ A. *?!<* 



with its 

 dense dark 



green foliage, particularly 

 when dotted with the white 

 fl. -clusters; has proved 

 hardy at the Arnold Arbo- 

 retum. 



FF. Lvs. with woolly hairs 

 beneath: branches purple. 



16. sanguinea, Linn. 

 Shrub, to 12 ft., with purple 

 or dark blood-red branches: 

 Ivs. broad-elliptic or ovate, 

 rounded or narrowed at 

 the base, usually pubescent 

 on both sides, pale green 



beneath, l%-3% in. long: fls. greenish white, in dense 

 cymes: fr. black. May, June. Eu., Orient. Var. 

 variegata, Dipp. Lvs. variegated with yellowish white. 

 G.W. 9, p. 247. Var. viridissima, Dieck. With green 

 branches and green fr. 



BB. Fls. in dense heads or umbels, with an involucre. 



c. Color of fls. yellow; involucre yellowish, not 



exceeding the fls. (Macrocarpium.) 



17. mas, Linn. (C. mdscula, Hort.). CORNELIAN 

 CHERRY. Fig. 1066. Shrub or small tree, to 20 ft. : Ivs. 

 ovate or elliptic, acute, appreseed-pubescent, and green 

 on both sides, 1^24 in. long: fls. in sessile opposite 

 umbels, before the Ivs. ; pedicels not exceeding the invo- 

 lucre: fr. oblong, scarlet, %in. long, edible. March, 

 April. S. Eu., Orient. Mn. 5:192. G.C. II. 9:399. 

 H.W. 3, p. 61. Handsome shrub of dense growth 

 with glossy foliage, very attractive in early spring 

 with its yellow fls., and again in fall with its shining 

 scarlet frs. Var. ma- 



crocarpa, Dipp. Fr. 

 larger. Var. albocarpa, 

 Schneid. (var. luteo- 

 cdrpa, Wang.). Fr. yel- 

 lowish. Var. aurea, 

 Schelle. Lvs. yellow. 

 Var. afcreo-elegantis- 

 sima, Schelle. Lvs. 

 variegated with pink 

 or yellow. F. 1877: 

 109. G.Z.21:169. Var. 

 argenteo-marginata, 

 Hort. Lvs. bordered 

 white. Var. nana, 

 Simon - Louis. Dwarf 

 form. It has been con- 

 fused with C. pumila 

 (No. 15) which has len- 

 ticillate branchlets and 



usually 4 pairs of veins. 



18. officinalis, Sieb. & Zucc. Shrub or small tree, to 

 15 ft.: Ivs. elliptic, acuminate, pale green beneath and 

 with large tufts of dark brown hairs in the axils of the 

 veins: fls. like those of the former; pedicels longer than 

 the involucre: fr. scarlet, oblong. Japan, China. S.Z. 

 50. Very similar to the last. 



, cc. Color of fls. greenish yel- 



low, sessile, with a showy 

 white involucre, much 

 exceeding the fls. 



D. Frs. in dense clusters, but 

 individually distinct. 

 (Benthamidia, Cynoxy- 

 lon). 



19. florida, Linn. (Cy- 

 noxylon fldridum, Raf.). 

 FLOWERING DOGWOOD. Fig. 

 1067. Shrub or small tree 

 with spreading branches, 

 10-15 ft., rarely to 40 ft,: 

 Ivs. oval or ovate, acute, 

 dark green and glabrous 

 above, glaucous or whitish 

 beneath, usually only pu- 

 bescent on the veins, 3-6 

 in. long: involucre white or 

 pinkish, 3-4 in. wide; bracts 

 4, obovate, emarginate: fr. 

 J^in. long, scarlet. May. 

 Mass, to Fla., west to Ont. 

 and Texas, also E. and S. 

 Mex. S.S. 5:112-13. Em. 

 468. G.F.3:431. B.M.526. 

 Gn. 33, p. 441; 43, p. 153; 

 52, p. 177; 53, p. 222. J.H. 

 III. 28:453.; 55:331. F.E. 23:511. G. 34:531. Gn. 

 M. 5:138. M.D.G. 1898:405. V. 5:230; 20:51. One 

 of the most beautiful American flowering trees; hardy 

 N. Var. pendula, Dipp. With pendulous branches. 

 F.E. 17, p. 68. V. 13:333. Var. rilbra, Andre". With 

 pink involucre. R.H. 1894:500. A.G. 18:441. F.E. 

 9:572. B.M. 8315. G. 28:689. Neither variety as 

 hardy as the type. 



20. Nuttallii, Audubon. Tree, to 80 ft.: Ivs. ovate or 

 obovate, usually pubescent beneath, 4-5 in. long: 

 involucre white or tinged with pink, 4-6 in. across; 

 bracts 4-6, oblong or obovate, sometimes roundish, 

 mostly acute: fr. bright red or orange, crowned with 

 the broad, persistent calyx. Brit. Col. to S. Calif. 

 S.S. 5:214-15. Gng. 6:274. B.M. 8311. G. 27:366. 

 This species surpasses the former in beauty, but is more 

 tender, particularly while the plants are young, and has 

 rarely been successfully cult, outside of its native country. 



DD. Frs. connate into a 

 globular fleshy head. 

 (Benthamia.) 

 21. Kousa, Buerg. 

 (Benthamia japdnica, 

 Sieb. & Zucc. C. 

 japdnica, Koehne, not 

 Thunb.). Fig. 1068. 

 Shrub or small tree, to 

 20 ft.: Ivs. cuneate, 

 elliptic - ovate, acumi- 

 nate, dark green above, 

 glaucous and ap- 

 pressed-pubescent be- 

 neath, 2-4 in. long: in- 

 volucre creamy white, 

 2^-3 in. wide; bracts 

 ovate, acute: frs. form- 

 ing a globular head. 

 June. Japan, China. 



1067. Cornus florida. ( X 1 A) 



S.Z. 16. S.I.F. 2:59. 



