216 Cornatce@—Cornus. 
species in Europe, Asia, and North America. The name is 
from cornu, a horn, from the hardness of the wood, or perhaps 
the hard stone of the fruit. We have two indigenous species: 
C. sanguinea, Dogwood, a shrub with red bark, ovate opposite 
leaves, and terminal cymes of white flowers without bracts and 
small black berries ; and C. Suécica, an herbaceous plant about 
6 inches high with terminal umbels of flowers supported by 
four white bracts. The former is commoner in the southern, 
and the latter confined to the northern part of the kingdom. 
1, (. mas. Cornelian Cherry.—A small tree, native of 
Europe, producing its little clusters of yellow flowers in Spring 
before the leaves. The flowers are surrounded by an involucre 
of four ycllowish bracts. Leaves ovate-acuminate. Berry red. 
There is a handsome variety with variegated foliage which 
bears fruit abundantly. 
2. C. dlba.—A shrub with deep red bark, obovate oblong 
acuminate leaves, and white flowers followed by white berries. 
A native of Siberia. 
3. C. fldridu.—A very ornamental little tree with ovate 
oblong or obovate leaves pubescent beneath. Flowers large, 
white, with a very large and conspicuous white involucre. 
Berry scarlet. North America. 
4. CO. fragifera, syn. Benthamia fragifera.mAn evergreen 
shrub with lanceolate leaves and terminal capitate small green 
flowers; involucre of four large yellowish bracts. In this 
species the berries grow together, forming a large strawberry- 
like scarlet fruit. A native of Nepal, and rather tender. 
5. CO. Canadénsis.—An herbaceous species closely resembling 
the native one, but the upper leaves are much larger, and the 
flower-head more conspicuous. 
2, AUCUBA. 
Evergreen shrubs with opposite leaves, dicecious tetramerous 
small purplish paniculate flowers, and I-celled 1-secded 
drupaceous fruits. The Japanese name. 
1. A. Himaleica.—This is very near, and perhaps only 
a variety of the following species, differing mainly in the 
longer petioles and distant blunt tumid teeth of the leaves, 
and in having spherical (not oblong) berries. The foliage is 
ample and effective. We are not aware that there are any 
variegated forms of this. The male only is in cultivation. 
2. A. Juponica, var, maculcilu.—The mottled leaves of this 
