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stricta and C. (a.) paniculata, have much narrower leaves, and a more compact 
fastigiate habit of growth, than any other species or variety of the genus. C. 
a.) paniculata is the handsomest of the three sorts for a small garden, as it is 
easily kept of a small size, and in a neat shape, and it flowers profusely. 
¥ 7 C. (a.) crrcina‘ta L’ Hérit, The rounded-leaved Dogwood. 
Identification. L’Hérit. Corn., p. 7. No. 8. t.3.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 399. 
Synonymes. C.tomentdsa Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. Pp. 91.3 C. rugosa Lam. Dict. 2. p.115.3 C. 
virginiana Hort. Par. 
Engravings. Schmidt Baum., 2. t. 69. ; and our fig. 919. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches warted. Leaves 
broadly oval, acuminated, clothed with hoary 
tomentum beneath. Corymbs depressed, 
spreading. Branches slightly tinged with 
red. Leaves broad, waved on their edges. 
Flowers white, as in most of the species. 
Pomes globose, at first blue, but at length 
becoming white. (Don’s Mil.) A large shrub. 
North America, from Canada to Virginia, on 
the banks of rivers ; and probably of Cali- 
fornia. Height 5 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced 
in 1784, Flowers white; June and July. 
Fruit at first blue, and then turning white ; 
Tipe in October. Decaying leaves rusty 
brown. Naked young wood green, tinged with red. 
Readily distinguished from all the other sorts, by its broader leaves, and its 
rough warted branches. 
919. C. (a.) circinata. 
* 8. C. opto’Nea Wall. The oblong-leaved Dogwood. 
Identification. Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind., 1. p. 432.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 398. 
Synonyme. C. paniculata Hamilt. ex D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep. p. 140. 
Engraving. Our fig. 920. from a specimen in Dr. Lindley’s herbarium. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Leaves oblong, acuminated, 
acute at the base, glaucous, and rather sca- 
brous beneath, with many excavated glands 
along the axils of the ribs and nerves. Co- 
rymbs spreading, panicled. Young shoots 
clothed with short adpressed hair. Leaves 
4in. to 6in. long, and 1in. to 14in. broad. 
Petioles about an inchlong. Flowers white 
or pale purplish, fragrant. Calyx clothed 
with adpressed silvery hairs, as well as the ae 
pedicels and petals. Ovarium 3-celled. Pome ovate-oblong. (Don’s Mill.) 
A large shrub. Nepal, about Narainhetty, Katmandu, and the Valley of 
Dhoon, Height 10 ft: to 15 ft. Introduced in 1818. Flowers white or 
purplish, fragrant. 
920. C. obiénga. 
§ il. Involucrate Dec. 
wm, an involucre, with which the heads of flowers are severally sur- 
Derivati From Z 
ee i din head: bels, surrounded by coloured 
Sect. Char. Flowers disposed in heads or umbels, su } 
involucres, which are usually composed of 4 leaves. (Dec. Prod.) Trees, 
with yellow umbelled flowers. 
¥ 9. C.ma’s L. The male Dogwood, the Cornel, or Cornelian Cherry Tree. 
.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 400. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. C.mascu a Live: Corn. Neds Long Cherry Tree ; Cornelia ; Cornouiller male, 
*Corses Corneilles, Fr.;, Kornel Kirsche Hartriegel, Ger. ; Corgnolo, Ital ‘ 
Derivation. The name of més has been applied to this species since the days of Theophrastus ; in 
all probability, because young plants are barren for many years after they show flowers: these 
Identification. Lin. Sp. 
