Cornus. 37 



acuminata, 6 — 14 cm longa, 4,5 — 8 cm lata, e nervo medio pinnatim 6 — 7-nervia, cosla 

 nervisque lateralibus primarüs arcuatim adscendentibus supra saepius leviter immersis 

 subtus prominenübus, nervis secundariis venisque reticulatis supra ± manifestis sub- 

 tus clare conspicuis. Inflorescentia pedunculo 2 — 3 cm longo perappresse piloso praedita 

 praecox involucro 4-phyllo albo vel pallide roseo insignis, bracteis involucrantibus membra- 

 naceis obovatis usque oblongis basin versus angustatis apice cordato-emarginatis 2 — 5 cm 

 longis et 1,5 — 4 cm latis multinerviis post anthesin patentibus; capitulum diametro 

 — 14 mm metiens; flores ad 30-ni capitati sessiles, exteriores bracteis minutis instructi 

 quam involucrum multo breviores; ovarium turbinato-urceolare dense appresseque pilo- 

 sum 2,5 — 2,75 mm longum; calyeis lobi latissime trianguläres apice obtusi 0,75 — 1 mm 

 longi supra ovarium ad medium connati item appresse sericeo-pilosi; petala oblonga 

 apice brevissime acuminata dorso perappresse pilosa 4 mm longa et 1,2 — 1,5 mm 

 lata; stamina quam petala paulo breviora, filamentis crassiusculis cjlindricis apicem 

 versus paulo constrictis, antheris ellipticis 1 — 1,5 mm longis; discus pulviniformis apice 

 obtusus integerrimus; Stylus columnaris stamina subaequans perappresse pilosus 3 mm 

 longus, stigmate breviter capitato. Drupa coccinea brevissime appresseque pilosa vel 

 subglabrata ovoidea 1 mm longa, diametro 5 mm meliens, sepalis styloque persisten- 

 tibus coronata, putamine ad 8 mm longo, diametro 4 mm metiente longitudinaliter im- 

 merse lineato haud costulato. — Fig. 1 2 A. 



Atlantisches Nordamerika: Südliches Canada (Ontario), New York, Massachusetts, 

 Connecticut, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Missouri, 

 Kentucky, Virginia, Indian Territory, Mississippi, Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas. — 

 Blüht im Mai, fruchtet im Oktober. 



Numerierte Sammlungen: Biltmore Herbarium n. 154b; Bush, Plants of 

 Indian Territory n. 1050; Bush, Plants of Missouri n. 334; Clute, Plants of 

 Mississippi n. 14; T. Drummond n. 139 (New Orleans); Eggert, Herbarium Ameri- 

 canum n. 124; Herb. G. L. Fisher n. 1073 (St. Thomas, Ontario- Canada); E. Hall, 

 Plantae Texanae n. 266; Heller and Halbach, Flora of Central Pennsylvania n. 554; 

 Hitchcock, Plants of Kansas n. 704; W. Krebs n. 468 (Cleveland, Ohio): T. H. 

 Kearney, PI. of Southeastern Kentucky n. 490; Macoun, Herb. Geol. Surv. of Canada 

 n. 54 25; B. Matthes, North American PI. coli, in the state of Kentucky n. 138; 

 Riehl n. 74 (Rives du Mississippi, St. Louis-Missouri); Caec. et Ed. Seier, Plantae 

 mexic. et centr. americ. n. 1033; Unio itineraria (1835) n. 17 (Dr. Frank, Co- 

 lumbia-river). 



Var. pendula Dipp. Laubholzk. III. (1893) 244. — Ramulis ± pendulis insignis. 



Var. rubra Rehder in Bail. Cycl. Am. Hort. I. (1900) 378. — Bracteae involu- 

 crantes saturate roseae. 



Var. urbiniana (Rose) Wangerin. — G. urbiniana Rose in Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 

 VIII. (1903/05) 53. — C. florida var. Corona Montezumae Wangerin in sched. — 

 Bracteis involucrantibus oblongis vel anguste obovatis apice breviuscule acuminatis haud 

 cordato-incisis subchartaceis post anthesin non patentibus sed suberectis apicibus arcuatim 

 convergentibus distincta. 



Temperiertes Mexiko. Einheimische Namen: Corona de Montezuma, Corona 

 de San Pedro. — J. Linden n. 552 (Im Staat Vera Cruz); Wawra n. 986 (Mirador 

 u. Umgebung, Reise d. Kais. Maximilian n. Mexiko); Coli. Botteri n. 1012. 



43. C. Nuttallii Audubon Birds (1837) t. 467; Torr, et Gray, Fl. N. Am. I. 

 (1838/40) 652; Benth. PI. Hartweg. (1839/57) 312; Nutt. Sylva III. (1842/54) 51, 

 t. 97; Walp. Rep. II. (1843) 435; Bolander, Cat. (1867) 14; Gray in Proc. Am. 

 Acad. VIII. 387; Brew. et Wats. Bot. Calif. I. (1876) 274; Hall in Bot. Gaz. 

 II. 88; Torrey, Pac. R. Rep. IV. (1857) 94 et Bot. U. S. and Mex. Bound. (1858) 

 71; Newberry, Pac. R. Rep. VI. (1855) 2 4 et 75; Cooper ibidem XII. (18 6 0) 29 

 et 63; Torr. Bot. Wilkes (1854) 326; Durand, PI. Pratten. 89; Coult. and Evans 

 in Bot. Gaz. XV. (1890) 33; Koehne, Dendrol. (1893) 438. — C. florich Hook. Fl. 

 bor. am. I. (1840) 277 e. p. — Arbor ad 15 — 24 m alta, ramis teretibus novellis 



