66 CORNACES, 
compound umbels; the inferior ovary surmounted by a disk which beara 5 petals and 5 
stamens: styles 2. The plants of this order are not here described. 
CORNACER. 
Flowers in cymes or heads: petals 4: style 1: ovary 2-celled...... eiiaiw Bielstanieaiee caleieses? a 
Flowers dicecious, in drooping blue-gray catkins: petals none: styles 2.........0+.+6- . 2 
1. CORNUS, Lioneus. 
Flowers in a head with involucre of 4 to 6 large white petaloid bracts........ ou 2,9 
Flowers yellowish in sessile umbels appearing before the leaves: bracts 4............ 3 
Flowers white or cream-color in many-flowered cymes........-.....-0-220000e- 4to7 
1. C. Canadensis, L. Herbaceous, 3 to 8 inches high: leaves in « whorl at top. 
2, C. Nuttallii, Audubon. A tree: involucre often tinged with red. (Dogwood.) 
3. C. sessilis, Torr. Bark green: leaves pale and silky beneath: pedicels silky, 
4. ©. Californica, C. A. Meyer. Branches purplish: leaves ovate: cyme round-topp’d, 
5 . pubescens, Nutt. Similar: leaves rarely ovate: cyme larger: fruit white. 
6. C. glabrata, Benth. Bark gray: leaves acute at each end: cymes small, flat. 
7. ©. Torreyi, Watson. Leaves ovate or narrower, acute: cyme loose: fruit white. 
2. GARRYA, Douglas. 
Leaves undulate, base obtuse, tomentose beneath .................- eee eee sherleSelssetatndis. a 
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1. G. elliptica, Dougl. Sterile aments 2 to 5 inches long, often clustered. 
2. G@. Fremonti, Torr. Petioles 4 to 6 lines long: aments solitary, 2 or 3 inches long, 
3. G@. buxifolia,Gr. Smaller, 2 to 5 ft. high: leaves | to 14 inches long, silky beneath. 
DIVISION II.—GAMOPETALZ. 
CAPRIFOLIACEER. 
§ 1. Corolla regular, rotate: style short; stigmas $ to 5: flowers in cymes. 
Shrub or tree: young stems thick, pith large: leaves pinnate................6 basaxtetyl, 
Blender shrub: leaves simple: fruit a drupe: seeds flat...............2.000 Serene 2 
§ 2. Corolla tubular and irregular or campanulate: stigma 1, capitate, 
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