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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  

  

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  ters 
  as 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  among 
  species 
  of 
  Cornus. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  dedicated 
  

   to 
  Professor 
  E. 
  L. 
  Greene, 
  who 
  has 
  kindly 
  furnished 
  the 
  material. 
  

  

  (3) 
  Stone 
  flattened, 
  with 
  furrowed 
  edges, 
  and 
  broader 
  than 
  high, 
  3 
  

   to 
  4 
  mm. 
  high, 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  mm. 
  broad. 
  

  

  12. 
  C.pubescensNutt. 
  Sylva,3.54. 
  Shrub 
  1.8 
  to 
  4.5 
  meters 
  

  

  high, 
  with 
  smooth 
  purphsh 
  branches: 
  branchlets 
  and 
  inflor- 
  

   escence 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  hirsute 
  : 
  petioles 
  6 
  to 
  25 
  mm. 
  long 
  ; 
  leaves 
  

   from 
  narrowly 
  to 
  broadly 
  ovate 
  or 
  oval, 
  acute 
  or 
  somewhat 
  

   acuminate 
  (rarely 
  obtuse), 
  mostly 
  acute 
  at 
  base, 
  appressed- 
  

   pubescent 
  or 
  glabrate 
  above, 
  whitish 
  and 
  silky 
  pubescent 
  

   beneath, 
  2.5 
  to 
  12 
  cm. 
  long, 
  r.2 
  to 
  7.5 
  cm. 
  wide: 
  flowers 
  in 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  compact 
  cymes: 
  calyx-teeth 
  minute: 
  fruit 
  

   white; 
  stone 
  somewhat 
  compressed, 
  mostly 
  oblique, 
  with 
  a 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  prominently 
  furrowed 
  edge, 
  about 
  4 
  mm. 
  high 
  

   and 
  5 
  mm. 
  broad, 
  the 
  sides 
  apt 
  to 
  have 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  promi- 
  

   nent 
  ridges. 
  (Occasionally 
  the 
  stones 
  become 
  higher 
  than 
  

   broad 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  being 
  drawn 
  out 
  or 
  beaked, 
  thus 
  ap- 
  

   proaching 
  C. 
  Torrcyi.) 
  

  

  Va 
  

  

  ■• 
  Californica. 
  Leaves 
  more 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  rounded 
  at 
  base 
  : 
  

  

  stone 
  smaller, 
  but 
  4 
  mm. 
  broad.— 
  C. 
  Californica 
  C. 
  A. 
  

   Mever. 
  

  

  JSah. 
  From 
  ;Southern 
  California 
  to 
  Vancouver 
  Island 
  and 
  British 
  

   Columbia. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined: 
  California 
  {Nuttall, 
  Bdander, 
  Tiyrrey, 
  Parry 
  67 
  

   in 
  part, 
  Brewer 
  102,434, 
  Nevin, 
  Kellogg 
  and 
  Harfirrd 
  323, 
  Greene, 
  Lemmon 
  

   694, 
  Palmer 
  98, 
  116, 
  Pringle 
  of 
  1882, 
  Mrs. 
  Ames, 
  Jones, 
  G. 
  R. 
  Vasey, 
  etc.) 
  ; 
  

   Oregon 
  {Lyall, 
  HoU 
  221, 
  Kellogg 
  & 
  Harford 
  322, 
  Howell 
  177) 
  ; 
  Washington 
  

   (Cooper, 
  G, 
  R 
  Va^ey 
  226); 
  Vancouver 
  Island 
  {Lyall, 
  Maamn, 
  Cowley)'^ 
  

   Britii^h 
  Columbia, 
  Thompson 
  river 
  [Fletcher), 
  Columbia 
  Valley 
  {Macoxmy 
  

  

  We 
  can 
  discover 
  no 
  good 
  specific 
  characters 
  to 
  separate 
  C, 
  Califyrnica 
  

   from 
  C.pubescens, 
  and 
  must 
  consider 
  the 
  former 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  rather 
  poorly 
  

   distinguished 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  The 
  Rocky 
  mountain 
  species 
  here- 
  

   tofore 
  frequently 
  referred 
  to 
  C 
  pubescens 
  is 
  C 
  stolonifera. 
  For 
  remarks 
  

   as 
  to 
  the 
  affinities 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  see 
  under 
  C 
  stoloni/era, 
  

  

  ^ 
  13- 
  C. 
  Baileyi. 
  Erect 
  shrub, 
  with 
  reddish-brown 
  mostly 
  

   smooth 
  branches 
  : 
  branchlets 
  and 
  inflorescence 
  pubescent 
  to 
  

   woolly: 
  petioles 
  6 
  to 
  25 
  mm. 
  long; 
  leaves 
  from 
  lanceolate 
  to 
  

   ovate, 
  acute 
  or 
  short 
  acuminate, 
  acute 
  or 
  obtuse 
  at 
  base, 
  ap- 
  

   pressed-pubescent 
  to 
  glabrate 
  above, 
  white 
  beneath 
  and 
  with 
  

   woolly 
  hairs 
  variouslj^ 
  intermingled 
  with 
  appressed 
  ones 
  (or 
  

   in 
  some 
  cases 
  all 
  appressed), 
  2.5 
  to 
  12 
  cm. 
  long, 
  1.2 
  107.5 
  *^"^' 
  

   wide 
  : 
  flow^ers 
  in 
  small 
  rather 
  compact 
  cymes 
  : 
  calyx-teeth 
  from 
  

   small 
  to 
  prominent 
  : 
  fruit 
  white 
  ; 
  stone 
  decidedly 
  compressed. 
  

  

  