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CORNUS 



CORNUS 



4. Alba, Linn. (C Tatdrica, Mill.). Shrub, to 10 ft., 

 with usually erect stem and bright blood-red branches, 

 mostly with glaucous bloom when young: Ivs. obtuse at 

 the base, ovate or elliptic, somewhat buUate or rugose 

 above, aoiite, 1X-3X in. long: cymes dense, small; disk 



3"5fc.- 



5S6. Cornus stolonifera. 



yellow; fr.lightbIuish,sometimeswhitish; stone usually 

 higher than broad, flat. Siberia, N. China.— Var. argfin- 

 teo-margina.ta, Hort. Lvs. edged white. Var. Spsethi, 

 Hort. Lvs. broadly edged yellow. Var. Siblriea, Lodd. 

 Branches bright coral-red. There are also some other 

 varieties with variegated lvs. 



EE. Lvs. with woolly pubescence beneath^ 

 rarely nearly glabrous. 



a-. Fruit white. 



5. BMleyi, Coult. & Evans. Fig. 553. Erect shrub, 

 with reddish branches : lvs. ovate to lanceolate, acute or 

 acuminate, white beneath, with woolly and with appressed 

 hairs, 2-5 in. long : fls. in small rather compact woolly 

 cymes : stone of the fruit much broader than high, com- 

 pressed and flat-topped. Pa. to Minn, and Wyoming. 

 G.P. 3 : 465. —A very handsome species of upright growth, 

 with dark red branches, blooming nearly all summer, and 

 of a distinct grayish hue, due to the slightly upward 

 curled lvs. The fall color of foliage and winter color of 

 twigs are unequaled. Not as yet in the trade. Well 

 adapted for sandy soil. 



FF. Fr, black, blue or bluish or 

 greenish white. 



6. cireinata,L'H6rit. Shrub,3-10 ft. ; 

 the young branches green, blotched 

 purple, older ones purplish : lvs. or- 

 bicular or broadly ovate, acute or short- 

 acuminate, slightly pubescent above, pale and densely 

 pubescent beneath, 2-6 in. long : cymes rather dense ; f r. 

 light blue or greenish white. May, June. Em. 464. 



7. Amdmum,Mill.(Cserfeea,Linn. C. ccE*-it!ea, Lam , 

 Shrub, 3-10 ft., with purple branches : lvs. rounded or 

 narrowed at the base, elliptic-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 dark green and nearly glabrous above, pale or whitish 

 beneath, usually with brownish hairs on the veins, 2-4 in. 

 long ; cjTne compact ; fr. blue or bluish white. June, 

 July. N. Brunswick to Florida, west to Texas and Da- 

 kota. Em. 466. 'R.B..l&Si:iii(a.s O. stolonifera). -Ya.T. 

 variegita, Hort. Lvs. variegated with yellowish white. 



8. sangulnea, Linn. Shrub, to 12 ft., with purple or 

 dark blood-red branches : lvs. broad-elliptic or ovate, 

 rounded or narrowed at the ba%e, usually pubescent on 

 both sides, pale green beneath, lX-3Xin. long: fls. green- 

 ish white, in dense cymes: fr. black. May, June. Eu., 

 Orient. — Var. variegftta, Hort. Lvs. variegated with 

 yellowish white. Var. yiridlBsima, Dieck. With green 

 branches and green fruit. 



DD. Fls. in short panicles : fr. white or pale blue. 



9. candidlssima, Marsh. ( G. paniculdta, L'H&it. C- 

 oblongAta, Hort.). Shrub, 6-15 ft., with gray branches r 

 lvs. cuneate, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, 

 appressed-pubescent or nearly smooth, whitish beneath, 

 lJ^-4 in. long; petals white, lanceolate; fr. white. May, 

 June. Maine to N. Carolina, west to Minnesota and Ne- 

 braska. B.B. 2: 545. — Free-flowering ; very handsome^ 

 when in bloom, and with its white fruits on red pedun- 

 cles in fall. 



10. Btrlcta, L'H^rit. (C. fosti£fiSia,Michx. C. fmmina,, 

 Mill.). Shrub, to 15 ft., with purplish branches ; lvs. 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sparingly and minutely ap- 

 pressed-pubescent, green on both sides, l%-3 in. long ; 

 petals white, ovate-lanceolate : fr. pale blue. April, May. 

 Virginia to Georgia and Florida. B.B. 2:546.— Tender 



_ north. Closely allied to the former, and perhaps only 

 nf^ variety. 



ji' BB. Fls. in dense heads or umbels, with an involucre. 

 0. Fls. yellow; involucre yellowish, not 

 exceeding the fls. 



11. Mils, Linn. (C. mdscula, Hort.). Cornelian 

 :, .J Cheery. Fig. 557. Shrub or small tree, to 20 ft.; lvs. 

 :.., ovate or elliptic, acute, appressed-pubescent, and green 

 . on both sides, iyi-3% in. long : fls. in sessile opposite 



umbels, before the lvs. ; pedicels not exceeding the invo- 

 lucre: fr. oblong, scarlet, %in. long, edible. March, April. 

 S. Eu., Orient. Mn. 5:192.— Handsome shrub of dense- 

 growth with glossy foliage, very attractive in early 

 spring with its yellow fls., and again in fall with its 

 shining scarlet frs. There are varieties with variegated 

 lvs. and with yellow fr. 



12. ofSioinUis, Sieb. & Zucc. Shrub or small tree, to- 

 15 ft. ; lvs. elliptic, acuminate, pale green beneath and 

 with large tufts of dark brown hairs in the axils of the 

 veins: fls. like those of the former; pedicels longer than, 

 the involucre : fr. scarlet, oblong. Japan, China. S.Z. 50. 

 —Very stmilar to the last. 



CO. Fls. greenish yellow, sessile, with a showy white in- 

 volucre, tnuch exceeding the fls. 

 D. Frs. in dense clusters, but individually distinct. 



{Benthamidia.) 

 13. flfirida, Linn. FLOVTERiNGt DoawooD. Fig. 558. 

 Shrub or small tree with spreading branches, 10-15 ft.. 



557. Cornus Mas (sprays XK). 



rarely to 40 ft. ; lvs. oval or ovate, acute, dark green and 

 glabrous above, glaucous or whitish beneath, usually 

 only pubescent on the veins, 3-6 in. long: involucre white 



