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2. CoRNUs ciRciNATA, VHerit. Round-kaved 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'i/en(. /. c. j». 9. <. 3 ; Pursh, fl 1 p 108- 

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

 4- Gr. fl. N. Am. 1. p. 650. C. tomentulosa, Michx. fl.l.p.Ql. 



A shrub 4-8 feet high, with straight slender branches. Leaves 4-5 inches lon<T 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 - S| inches in diameter, on a peduncle about an inch 

 m 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, Michx. White-berried Dogwood. 



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. - Mc/^cr. Jl.l.p.92; Torr. 4. Gr. fl. N. Am. 1. p. 650 C alba 

 Wang. Amer. p. 91 ; I'Herit. I. c. (partly); Pursh, fl. I. p. 109; Bigel fl. Bost p 58 ' 

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

 p. 399. C. sangumea, 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, VHevit. (Plate xli.) Panicled Dogtoood. 



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 — 

 Vllerit. I. c. p. Q.t.5; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 109 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 209 ; Torr.fl. 1. p. 179 ; Bigel. 

 fl. Bost. p. 59 ; Beck, bat. p. 154 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 108 ; Torr. ^ Gr. fl N Ain 1 

 p. 650. J • ■ ■ 



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