XXXVI. CORNA‘CRE: BENTHA‘MIA. 507 
what sweet, and not disagreeable to eat ; and, on the Continent, it is frequently 
used in confectionery, and for making marmalades. As an ornamental tree, 
the cornel is valuable, not only on account of its early flowering, and the fine 
display made by its ripe fruit, but because it is a low tree, never growing out 
of bounds, and one which, after it has attained the height of 10 or 12 feet, is 
of slow growth, and of very great duration. For these last reasons, it is par- 
ticularly suitable for small suburban gardens, in which it will form a fit associate 
for small trees of Crate‘gus, Bérberis, Rhdmnus, Eudnymus, Hamameélis, &c. 
Seeds; but layers or suckers come much sooner into a flowering state. There 
are remarkably fine specimens of this tree in the old French gardens in the 
neighbourhood of Paris, and also in the old gardens of Germany. 
¥ 10. C. FLo’RIDA L. The Florida Dogwood. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1661.; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 400. 
Synonyme. Virginian Dogwood. 
ngravings. Bot. Mag., t. 526.; Schmidt Baum., 2. t. 52.; and our fig, 923. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches shining. ‘Leaves ovate, acuminated, pale beneath, 
beset with adpressed hairs on both surfaces. Flowers umbellate, pro- 
truded after the leaves. Leaves of involucre large, roundish, retuse, 
or nearly obcordate. Pomes ovate. Leaves of involucre white. Flow- 
ers greenish yellow, and very large. Pomes scarlet, about half the size of 
those of C, mas; ripe in August. (Don's Mill.) A large shrub or low 
tree. Carolina to Canada, in woods; and on the . 
banks of the Columbia, near its confluence with 
the sea. Height 20ft.to 30ft. Introduced in 
1731. Flowers large, yellowish white; April < 
and May. Fruit scarlet; ripe in August. De- 
caying leaves yellowish green. Naked young 
wood brownish green. 
Cérnus flérida is universally allowed to be the 
handsomest species of the genus. It thrives best in 
a peat sojl, which must be kept moist; and the 
situation should be sheltered, though the foliage of 
the plants must be fully exposed to the influence of 
the sun, otherwise they will not flower. Cuttings ! 
or layers, both of which readily strike root. 995. C. florida. 
Cérnus gréndis Schlect. A small tree or shrub. Chico, in ravines, Intro- 
duced in 1838 by Hartweg, and probably hardy. “It has a beautiful foliage ; the 
leaves being from 3in. to 5 in. long, smooth and deep green above, hoary with 
down on the under side.” The flowers are in small heads, and the fruit as large 
as a sloe, and purplish black, covered with bloom. (Bot. Reg. Chron., 1839.) 
C. officinalis, a native of Japan, is figured by Sieboldt (t. 50.), and will pro- 
bably prove hardy. 
Genus II. 
le 
BENTHAM/4 Lindl. Tue Bentuamia. Lin. Syst. Tetrandria 
Monogynia, 
Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1579. 
Synonyme. Cérnus sp. Wall., Dec., and G. Don, 
Derivation. Named in honour of George Bentham, Esq., F.L.S., Secretary to the Horticultural 
Society ; and nephew of the celebrated moralist and jurist, Jeremy Bentham. 
Gen. Char. Flowers disposed in heads, each head attended by an involucre 
which consists of 4 petal-like parts, and resembles a corolla. Calyx with a 
minute 4-toothed limb. Petals 4, fleshy, wedge-shaped. Stamens 4. Style 
1, Fruit constituted of many pomes grown together ; endocarp in each 
pome with 2 cells. Seeds solitary and pendulous in each cell. (Zindl.) 
