1012 



ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



its fine large leaves, and white flowers; in autumn, from its white fruit, 

 which are about the size and colour of those of the mistletoe ; and in 

 the winter and spring, from the fine red of its young shoots. Sir W. 

 J. Hooker says of this species of fornus, that it is the only one of the group 

 to which it belongs that he received from British North America ; and that 

 it appears to him that C. stricta, C. paniculata, and C. sericea, and also some 

 states of C. circinata, are too nearly allied to be made separate species. (Fl. 

 Bor. Amer., i. p. 276.) 

 Varieties. 



& C. a. 2 circinata Don's Mill., iii. p. 399. ; C. circinata Chain, ct 

 Schlecht. in LinncEa., iii. p. 139. ; has the berries of a lead colour, 

 according to Dr. Richardson ; who further says they are named by 

 the Cree Indians musquameena, because the bears fatten upon them ; 

 and meethquan-peemeenattick and meenisan, red-stick berry ; and that 

 pigeons are fond of them : they are also considered a good stomachic. 

 A native throughout Canada, and from Lake Huron to lat. 69 N., 

 Newfoundland, and the north-west coast of America ; but not yet 

 introduced. 



& C. a. 3 sibirica Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, has the shoots of a fine orange 

 red, covered with a delicate bloom. It makes a splendid appearance 

 in the winter season. 



it 4. C. (A.) STRI'CTA Lam. The straight-branched Dogwood. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 3. p. 116. ; Don's Mill, 3. p. 399. 



Synonymes. C. fastigiata Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 92. and Lodd. Cat., edit 1836 ; C. sanguinea 



Walt., but not of Lin. ; C. cyanocarpos Gmel. Syst. Peg., 1. p. 257. ; C. canad^nsis Hort. Par. ; 



C. can-folea Meerb. Icon., 3., but not of Lam. 

 Engravings. L'Htrit. Corn., No. 9. t. 4. ; Schmidt Baum., 2. t. 67. ; and our figs. 763, 761. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches straight, fas- 

 tigiate. Leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 glabrous, green on both surfaces; 

 when young, hardly pubescent be-- 

 neath. Corymbs convex, somewhat 

 panicled. Branches reddish brown. 

 Anthers blue. Pomes globose, soft, 

 blue on the outside, but white inside. 

 (Don's Mill., iii. p. 399.) A native 764 

 of North America, from Carolina to 

 Canada, frequent on the banks of 

 rivers ; also of Mexico, between Tam- 

 pico and Real del Monte. A shrub, 

 growing from 6ft. to 10ft. or even 

 20 ft. high, according to soil and situ- 

 ation, and flowering in June and July. 

 Introduced in 1758. The plant in the 

 arboretum at Kew is 15 ft. high. 

 Varieties. 



* C. (a.) s. 2 asperifolia Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, if not identical with the 



species, differs from it but very slightly. 



3k C. (a.) s. 3 sempervirens Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, closely resembles the 

 species, but differs from it in retaining its leaves throughout a part 

 of the winter. There are plants of both these varieties in the 

 arboretum of the Messrs. Loddiges. 



at 1 5. C. (A.) PANICULATA U Hcrit. The panicled-Jlowering Dogwood. 



Identification L'Htrit. Corn., No. 10. t. 5. ; Don's Mill, 3. p. 398.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. C. racemosa Lam. Diet., 2. p. 116. ; C. foe'mina Mill. Diet., No. 4. ; C. citrifblia Hort. 



Par. 

 Engravings. L'Herit. Corn., No. 10. t. 5. ; Schmidt Baum., 2. t 68. ; and our fig. 765. 



Spec. Char., #c. Branches erect. Leaves ovate, acuminated, glabrous, hoary 

 beneath. Corymb thyrsoid. Ovarium silky. Branches pale purplish. Pomes 

 roundish, depressed, watery, white, 3 lines in diameter. The dots on the 

 under side of the leaves, which are only seen through a lens, bear bicuspidate, 



763 



