TREES AND SHRUBS 



Flowers greenish-yellow, appearing after leaves, very small, in centre 

 of large white involucre, in a dense cymose head surrounded by a corolla- 

 like involucre of 4 white bracts, each 1-lJ in. wide, the whole measuring 

 3-4 ins. diam. ; bracts round, retuse, or nearly obcordate ; Calyx light green, 

 4-lobed, urceolate ; Corolla ; 4 petals, valvate in bud, lobes strap-shaped, 

 green tipped with yellow ; Stamens 4, alternate ; Ovary inferior, 2-celled ; 

 stigma truncate ; Fruit a drupe, ovoid, ^ in. long, bright scarlet, thin, mealy 

 flesh, 1-2-seeded ; ripe in October. 



Leaves opposite, ovate to elliptical, acuminate, narrowed at base, slightly 

 crenulate, thick, firm, bright green above, pale and pubescent beneath, 

 3-6 ins. long, 1|— 2 ins. wide ; petioles grooved. Autumn tints yellow, 

 scarlet, purple. 



A deciduous shrub, or bushy tree, 20 30 ft., of slow growth ; Branches 

 slender, spreading or erect ; Tivigs yellow-green, or red to brown or grey ; 

 Bark red-brown, scaly, very bitter ; Wood heavy, hard, strong, close-grained, 

 brown shaded green and red ; takes good polish. 



Introduced from U.S.A., 1731. 



LARGE-LEAVED DOGWOOD, Comus macrophylla. 



Gardens. July. Likes deep, fairly moist soil. 



Floxvers white, in a terminal dichotomous cyme, 4-5 ins. diam., peduncles 

 short, pedicels white tomentose ; Calyx urceolate, teeth minute, white adpressed 

 hairs ; Petals white tomentose, valvate ; Stamens alternating with petals, 

 anthers oblong; Ovary 2-celled; Fi-uit a drupe, globose, I in. diam., 

 2-celled, 2-seeded. 



Leaiies opposite or alternate, ovate, acuminate, dark green above, pale 

 glaucous beneath, 4-6 ins. long, 3| ins. broad, or larger. Autumn tint 

 orange-red. 



A deciduous ti-ee, 40 ft. ; Branches nearly horizontal ; Tivigs purplish ; 



Bark smooth. 



Native of Asia, N. India to Japan ; introduced 1827. Syn. C. brachypoda. 



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