Genus i. 



DOGWOOD FAMILY. 



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I. Cornus rugosa Lam. Round-leaved 

 Cornel or Dogwood. Fig. 3180. 



Cornus rugosa Lam. Encycl. 2: 115. 1786. 



C. circinata L'Her. Cornus, 7. pi. 3. 1788. 



A shrub, 3°-io° high, the twigs warty, 

 green and glabrous. Leaves petioled, entire, 

 broadly ovate, orbicular, or even wider than 

 long, acute, or short-acuminate at the apex, 

 mostly rounded or truncate at the base, pale 

 and densely soft-pubescent beneath, slightly 

 pubescent above, 2'-6' long; petioles 3"-9" 

 long; flowers white in rather dense cymes 

 ij'-2i' broad, the pedicels' usually somewhat 

 pubescent; petals ovate; fruit globose, light 

 blue, about si" in diameter ; stone subglo- 

 bose, somewhat ridged. 



In shady, often rocky situations. Nova 

 Scotia to Manitoba, south to Virginia, Illinois, 

 Iowa and North Dakota. Alder-leaved dog- 

 wood. Green osier. May-July. 



2. Cornus Amomum Mill. Silky Cornel. 

 Kinnikinnik. Fig. 3181. 



C. Amomum Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, no. 5. 1768. 

 Corntis sericea L. Mant. 2: 199. 1771. 

 C.obliqua Raf. Ann. Nat. 13, 1820. 

 C. Purpusi Koehne, Gartentlora 1899 : 388. 



A shrub, 3°-io° high, with purplish twigs, 

 the youngest commonly pubescent. Leaves 

 petioled, ovate, oval, or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate at the apex, narrowed or rounded 

 at the base, usually finely pubescent with 

 brownish hairs beneath, glabrous or minutely 

 appressed-pubescent above, I'-s' long; flowers 

 white, in rather compact flat cymes 1V-2V 

 broad; petals narrowly oblong; fruit globose, 

 light blue, 3"-3i" in diameter, stone oblique, 

 ridged, narrowed or pointed at base. 



In low woods and along streams, Newfoundland 

 to Ontario, Florida, North Dakota, Nebraska and 

 Texas. Swamp dogwood. Blueberry-cornell. Red- 

 osier ; red-brush or -willow. Rose-willow. Squaw- 

 bush. May-July. 



3. Cornus Priceae Small. Miss Price's Cornel. 

 Fig. 3182. 



Cornus Priceae Small, Torreya i : 54. 1901. 



Svida Priceae Small', Fl. SE. U. S. 854. 1903. 



A branching shrub, 3°-6° high, the twigs red, finely 

 pubescent. Leaves numerous, elliptic to ovate-elliptic 

 or ovate, usually acuminate at the apex, deep green and 

 roughish pubescent above, pale and more copiously, but 

 more softly pubescent, and prominently nerved beneath, 

 2'-/sJk' long; petioles J'-i' long, pubescent like the twigs; 

 cymes closely flowered, 4-6 cm. broad at maturity; 

 petals white, oblong-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate ; 

 fruit about i4" in diameter, subglobose, white; stone 

 about l" long, slightly longer than broad, faintly ribbed. 



On river banks, southern Kentucky and northern Ten- 

 nessee. June. 



