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2. CoRNUs ciRciNATA, V Her it. Round-leave^ Dogwood. 



Branches spotted and warty ; leaves (large) very broadly oval or roundish, abruptly acumi- 

 nate, rather densely clothed underneath with a soft whitish pubescence ; cymes rather small, 

 depressed ; drupes ovoid-globose, light blue. — L'llerit. I. c. p. 9. t. 3 ; Pursh, Jl. 1. p. 108; 

 Torr.fl. I. p. 179; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 59; Beck, hot. p. 154; DC. prodr. A. p. 272; Torr. 

 4- Gr. fl. N. Arn. 1. p. 650. C. tomentulosa, Miclix. Jl. I. p. 91. 



A shrub 4-8 feet high, with straight slender branches. Leaves 4-5 inches long and of 

 ' nearly the same breadth, obtuse at the base : pubescence of the under surface of two kinds ; 

 one closely appressed, the hairs centrally fixed ; the other simple, loose and somewhat crisped : 

 petiole less than an inch long. Cyme 2 - 2^ inches in diameter, on a peduncle about an inch 

 in length. Calyx-teeth very short. Petals ovate-lanceolate, at length spreading or reflexed, 

 white. Stamens longer than the petals. Style about half the length of the stamens : stigma 

 capitate. Drupe small. 



Shady banks of rivers ; common in the northern and western part of the State ; rare below 

 the Highlands. Fl. June. Fr. September. 



3. CoRNUS STOLONiFERA, Miclix. White-berried Dogicood. 



Stems often reclined and stoloniferous ; the shoots virgate, bright reddish-purple ; branches 

 smooth, a little spreading ; leaves ovate, slightly acuminate, obtuse at the base, rather rough 

 on both sides with a minute appressed pubescence ; cymes small, flat, rather crowded ; petals 

 ovate ; drupes white. — Michx. Jl. I. p. 92; Torr. <^ Gr. Jl. N. Am. 1. p. 650. C. alba, 

 Wang. Amer. p. 91 ; VHerit. I. c. (partly) ; Pursh, fl. \. p. 109 ; Bigel. Jl. Bost. p. 58 ; 

 DC. prodr. 4. p. 272 ; Hook. Jl. Bor.-Ain. 1. p. 276 (partly). C. Purshii, G. Don, syst. 3. 

 p. 399. C. sanguinea, Pursh, I. c. ? not of Linn. 



Stems 5-10 feet long, erect, or prostrate and rooting; the bark dotted with a few small 

 oval warts. Leaves 3-4 inches long and 2-3 inches wide ; the hairs on both sides fixed 

 by the middle : petiole an inch or more in length. Cymes about an inch and a half in dia- 

 meter. Calyx-teeth very minute. Petals white. Drupes small, globose, white or somewhat 

 lead-colored when fully ripe. 



Banks of streams, and in swamps. Northern and western parts of the State. May - June. 

 This species has been confounded with C. alba of Siberia, from which it is quite distinct. 



4. CoRNUs PANicuLATA, VHerit. (Plate xli.) Panicled Dogwood. 



Branches (grayish) erect, smooth ; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oval, finely acuminate, acute 

 at the base, roughish on both sides with a minute appressed pubescence, whitish underneath ; 

 cymes loose, convex or usually paniculate ; petals lanceolate ; drupes small, depressed. — 

 VHerit. I. c.p. 9. t. 5 ; Pursh, Jl. I. p. 109 ; Ell. sk. I. p. 209; Torr.Jl. l.p. 179; Bigel. 

 Jl. Bost. p. 59 ; Beck, hot. p. 154 ; Darlingt. Jl. Cest. p. 108 ; Torr. ^ Gr. Jl. N. Am. 1. 

 p. 650. 



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