378 CORNUS 



4 Alba, Linn {C Tutaiica Mill I Shruli to 10 ft 

 with usually erect vtem and bright blood red branches 

 mostly with glaucous bloom when \ oung h s obtuse at 

 the base, ovate or elliptic somewhat buUate or rugose 

 above acute ^^-i^^.u1 long cymes dense small disk 



CORNUS 



DD. Fls. in short panicles : fr. whit 

 9. candidlBsima, Marsh. (('. jininrnl, 

 oblotujAta, Hort.). Shrub, 6-J.j It.. «iil 

 Ivs. cuneate, ovate-lanceolate <m- lan.ii 

 appressed-pubescent or nearly sipnuth, 

 VA-A in. long: petals white, lanceolate; 

 Tune. Maine to N. Carolina, west to M 



eliminate, 



1 beneath, 



ite. May, 



and Ne- 



cles in fall. 



10. Btricta, L'H^rit. (C. foA(i3id(a,Michx. C. faemina, 

 Mill.). Shrub, to 15 ft., with purplish branches : Ivs. 

 lanceolate, sparingly and minutely ap- 

 pressed-pubescent, green on both sides, lJ^-3 in. long : 

 petals white, ovate-lanceolate: fr. pale blue. April, May. 

 Virginia to Georgia and Florida. B.B. 2: 516.-Tender 

 north. Closely allied to the former, and perhaps only 

 \ iriety. 



» dense heads or umbels, with i 



yellow: Ir. light bluish, sometimes whitish; stone usually 

 higher than broad, flat. Siberia, N. China.-Var. arg^n- 

 teo-margin4ta, Hort. Lvs. edged white. Var. Spsethi, 

 Hort. Lvs. broadly edged yellow Var Sibirica, Lodd 

 Branches bright coral-red. There are also some other 

 varieties with variegated lvs 



spring with its yellow Us.. 

 shining scarlet frs. There are varieties 

 lvs. and with yellow fr. 

 12. officiniUs, Sieb. & Zucc. Shrub 



rf '. I ORN-ELIAN 



■ ''. -'" ft.: lvs. 



II nid green 



il. opposite 



.,' ' I iliii;; the invo- 



hlc. iMarch, April. 



ic shrub of dense 



I tractive in early 



n in fall with its 



?s with variegated 



small tree. 



^ 



EE. ir 



veins fls like those of the former pedicels longer than 

 the involucre fr scarlet oblong Japan, China S Z 50 

 — Very similar to the Hst 



F. Fr 



5. Biileyi, Coult. & Evans 

 with reddish branches: Ivs. ovate t II t r 

 acurainate,white beneath, with wofli i I ( 1 

 hairs, 2-5 in. long: fls. in small i il i ll\ 

 cymes : stone of the fruit much bi 1 1 II i i 

 pressed and flat-topped. Pa to "M I W it, 

 G.P.3:465.-Averyhandsomespe i 1 \tli 

 with dark red branches, blooming 11 II i 1 

 of a distinct grayish hue. due t tl li I th i j \ ii 1 

 curled lvs. The fall color of foliage and winter color of 

 twigs are unequaled. Not as \et m the trade Well 

 adapted for sandy soil. 



pp. Fr. black, blue or bluish oi 

 greenish white. 



6. oircin4ta,L'H6rit. Shrub.VlO ft 

 the young branches green blotched 

 purple, older ones purplish lvs oi 

 blcularor broadly ovate, acute or short 

 acuminate, slightly pubescent above pale and densely 

 pubescent beneath, 2-6 in. long cymes rather dense fr 

 light blue or greenish white M»y June Em -tb4 



7. Ambmuin,Mill.(6'. .so-iVfn Lmn C cceiulea Lam ) 

 Shrub, 3-10 ft,, with purple branches lvs rounded oi 

 narrowed at the base, elliptic o\ ite < 

 dark green and nearly gl.ibi i 1 

 beneath, usually with brown I 

 long: cyme compact : fr. I- 

 July. N. Brunswick to II- 

 kota. Em. 466. R.H. 18«h: 1 1 i .i~ . 

 variegita, Hort. Lvs. vantKai.-.l »ri 



8. sang:uinea, Linn. Shrub 

 dark blood-red branches : lvs. broad-elliptic or ovate, 

 rounded or narrowed at the base, usually pubescent on 

 both sides, pale green beneath, lj^-3^in. long: fls. green- 

 ish white, in dense cymes: fr. black. May, June. Eu., 

 Orient. — Var. variegita, Hort. Lvs. variegated with 

 yellowish white. Var. viridissima, Dieck. With green 

 branches and green fruit. 



lanceolate 



12 ft., with purple 



557. Cornus Mas (sprays XK). 



rarely to 40 ft. : lvs. oval or ovate, acute, dark green and 

 glabrous above, glaucous or whitish beneath, usually 

 only pubescent on the veins, 3-6 in. long : involucre white 



