LXI. CORNACEiE. 



I. CORNEL SERIES. 



The Cornels ^ (fig. 46-51) have hermaphrodite regular and tetra- 

 merous flowers. The receptacle is in the form of a sac, the cavity 



Corpus florida. 



Fig. 46. Floriferous branch. 



containing the ovary and the margin bearing the perianth and 

 androecium. The calyx is represented by four small sepals, often 



1 Comus T. Inst, 641, t. 410 ; Cor. 35.— L. 126, t. 26.— Lamk. Diet. ii. 113, Suppl. ii. 355 ; 

 Gen. n. 149.- J. Gen. 214.— G^rtn. Fruct. i. Ill.i.li.—Lnivi, Monogr. (7(9/w. (1788) in-fol.— 



