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Family 3. CORNACEZ, 
Stamens 4. Leaves opposite. 
1. Cornus L. CornreL. Docwoon. 
Flowers 3, Petals 4. Ovary 2-celled. 
Style 1. Fruit a drupe, with two pyrens.— b. 
1. C. Nurrantu Audubon. Flowers in a 
dense glomerule, supported by a conspicuous 
petaloid involucre; flowers greenish; fruit 
red.—Formerly in the vicinity of San Fran- 
cisco, where it is now extinct. Still to be 
found on Bolinas Heights. Common in the 
Sierra. 
2. ©. Catirorntca C. A. Meyer. Flowers 
in a cyme, not involucrate white; fruit white, 
sometimes blue.—Crystal Springs. Marin 
County. Summer. 
2. Garrya Dougl. TasseL TREE. 
Dicecious. Flowers amentaceous, ternate 
between decussate bracts. Petals 0. Ovary 
1-celled ; styles two, persistent. Ovules two. 
Fruit a berry.— 2. 
1. G. Exuiptica Dougl. Leaves sessile, un- 
dulate; fruit purple.—Shady ravines around 
the bay. Spring. 
2. G. Fremontir Torr. Leaves petiolate, 
not undulate; fruit purple.—Wright’s Station. 
Santa Cruz mountains. Spring. ‘ Quinine 
