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ed. Stamens, four erect, the anthers oblong, with the filaments 

 inserted in their middle. Style erect, shorter than the stamens, 

 with an obtuse stigma. The fruit is an oval drupe of a glossy 

 scarlet color, containing a nucleus with two cells and two seeds. 

 The bark of this tree is a bitter tonic, used in medicine. — Woods, 

 Quincy, Dedham. — June. 



^§ Subgenus . Floivers cymed, tvithoid an involucre. 



CoRNus ALTERNiFOLiA, FJIcr. Alternate leaved Cornel. 



Branches warty ; leaves alternate, ovate, acute, 

 whitish underneath ; cymes spreading. 



A small tree somewhat resembling the next species, but larger, 

 its leaves somewhat smaller, and arranged about the stem with- 

 out order. Fruit purple, smaller than in C. alba. — Swamps — 

 rare. — June. 



CoRNus ALBA. L. White berried Cornel. 



Branches recurved ; leaves opposite, broad, ovate, 

 hoary underneath ; cymes naked, flat. VHer. 



A shrub or small tree with spreading branches, and ovate, 

 acuminate leaves, whitish underneath. Cymes without involu- 

 cres, as are the rest of this subgenus. Flowers white, succeeded 

 by white fruit. In rich ground it sometimes blossoms twice a 

 year. — Roxbury, Cambridge. 



CoRNUs ciRCiNATA. V Hevit. Jiound leaved Cornel. 



Branches warty ; leaves opposite, orbicular, Avhite- 



downy underneath ; cymes naked, flattened. VHer. 



Si/n. CoKNUs TOMENTULOSA. Mich. 



An erect, slender shrub, distinguished by its spotted or warty 

 branches, but particularly by its large, rounded, acuminate leaves, 

 which are white and downy, almost woolly underneath. Cymes 

 terminal, flattened. Fruit bluish. — On Brighton road. — June. 



CoRNus PANicuLATA. T Hvrit. Pauiclcd Cornel. 



Branches erect, leaves opposite, ovate, hoary un- 

 derneath ; cymes panicled. VHer. 



