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CORXACEAE. 



VOL. II. 



4. Cornus asperifolia Michx. Rough- 

 leaved Cornel or Dogwood. Fig. 3183. 



C. asperifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 93. 1803. 

 Cornus Druimnondii C. A. Meyer, Mem. Acad, 

 Petersb. (VI.) 5: 210. 1845. % 



A shrub, 3-i5 high, the twigs reddish 

 brown, the youngest very rough-pubescent. 

 Leaves very slender-petioled, ovate-oval, or 

 elliptic, acuminate at the apex, mostly obtuse 

 at the base, pale and woolly-pubescent beneath, 

 densely rough-pubescent above, ii'-5' long; 

 petioles and rays of the cyme rough-pubescent; 

 cymes rather loosely-flowered, 2-3' broad; 

 flower-buds subcylindric ; petals white, oblong- 

 lanceolate; fruit globose, white, about 3" in 

 diameter; stone slightly furrowed, little com- 

 pressed, often oblique, more or less broader 

 than high. 



In wet ground, or near streams, southern On- 

 tario to Tennessee, Florida, Minnesota, Kansas 

 and Texas. May-June. 



5. Cornus Baileyi Coult. & Evans. Bailey's 

 Cornel or Dogwood. Fig. 3184. 



C. Baileyi Coult. & Evans, Bot. Gaz. 15 : 37. 1890. 



A shrub with reddish-brown twigs, much re- 

 sembling the preceding species. Leaves slender- 

 petioled, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acumi- 

 nate at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the 

 base, glabrate, or with finely appressed soft 

 pubescence above, rather densely woolly-pubescent 

 beneath, i'-s' long; flower-buds ovoid; petals 

 white, ovate-oblong; cymes compact, i'-2' broad, 

 the rays pubescent ; fruit white, about 3" in diam- 

 eter ; stone flattened, slightly oblique, channeled 

 on the edge, much broader than high. 



Lake shores and in moist ground, southern Ontario 

 and Pennsylvania to Minnesota and Manitoba. May- 

 June. 



Svida interior Rydb.. of central Nebraska, Colo- 

 rado and Wyoming, with similar pubescence, but the 

 stone of the -fruit rather longer than thick, formerly 

 included in this species, may be distinct. 



6. Cornus stoionifera Michx. Red-osier 

 Cornel or Dogwood. Fig. 3185. 



C. alba Lam. Encycl. 2: 115. 1786. Not L. 1767. 

 C. stoionifera Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 92. 1803. 



A shrub, 3-io high, usually stoloniferous, 

 the twigs glabrous and bright reddish purple, 

 or the youngest finely appressed-pubescent. 

 Leaves slender-petioled, ovate, ovate-lanceolate 

 or oval, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, 

 rounded or narrowed at the base, finely 

 appressed-oubescent above, white or whitish 

 and sparingly pubescent beneath, or sometimes 

 glabrous on both sides, 1'-$' long; cymes i'-2' 

 broad, flat-topped, usually minutely appressed- 

 pubescent ; petals white, ovate-oblong; fruit 

 white to bluish, globose, 3 "-4" in diameter, the 

 stone very variable in shape, either higher than 

 broad or broader than high. 



In moist soil, Newfoundland to the Yukon Ter- 

 ritory, Virginia, Kentucky, Nebraska, Arizona and 

 California. Ascends to 2400 ft. in the Adiron- 

 dack's. Dogberry-tree. Waxberry-cornell. Kinnik- 

 innik. Red brush. Squaw-bush. Gutter-tree. June- 

 July. 



