LXT. CORNACE^. 



I. COENEL SERIES. 



The Cornels ' (fig. 46-51) have hermaphrodite regular and tetra- 

 inerous flowers. The receptacle is in the form of a sac, the cavity 



Cormis florida. 



Fig. 46. Floriferous branch. 



containing the ovary and the margin bearing the perianth and 

 andrcecium. The calyx is represented by four small sepals, often 



1 Comm T. Inst. 641, t. 410 ; Cor. 35.— L. 126, t. 26.— Lamk. Diet. ii. 113, Suppl. ii. 355 ; 

 Gen. n. 149.— J. Gen. 214. — GjiBTN. Fruct. i. III. t.7i. — JjSes.. Monogr. Corn. (1788) in-fol. — 



