101 I ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART 111. 



*i 7. C. (a.) i iroin.Ota VHcrit. The rounded-&ot>ai Dogwood. 



Identification. L'Horit. Corn., p. 7. No. 8. t. 3. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 276. ; Don's Mill, 3. 



p. 399, ; Lodd. Cat., edit. IS.":;. 

 Synomymes. C. tomentbsa Mich*. Fl. Bor. Amcr., 1. p. 91. ; C. rugbsa Lam. Diet., 2. p. 115. ; C. 



\ hrginiana Hart. Par. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Baum., 2. t. 69. ; and our fig. 767. 



Sj >rr. Char., S?c. Brandies warted. Leaves 767 



broadly oval, acuminated, clothed with hoary 

 (omentum beneath. Corymbs depressed, 

 spreading. Branches slightly tinged with red. 

 Leaves broad, waved on their edges. Flowers 

 white, as in most of the species. Pomes glo- 

 bose, at first blue, but at length becoming 

 white. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 399.) A native of 

 North America, from Canada to Virginia, 

 on the banks of rivers ; and probably of Cali- 

 fornia. A shrub, growing from 5 ft. to 10 ft. 

 high, flowering in June and Jul}'. Introduced 

 in 1784, and not unfrequent in collections. 

 There are plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden, and in the collec- 

 tion of Messrs. Loddiges, which are readily distinguished from those of all 

 the other sorts, by their broader leaves, and their rough warted branches. 



¥ 8. C. oblo'nga Wall. The oblong-leaved Dogwood. 



Identification. Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind., 1. p. 432; D-n's Mill., 3. p. 398. 

 Synonyme. C. paniculata Hamilt. ex'D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep.,j>. 140. 



Spec. Char., %c. Leaves oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, glaucous, and rather scabrous beneath, 

 with many excavated glands along the axils of the ribs and nerves. Corymbs spreading, panicled. 

 Young shoots clothed with short adpressed hair. Leaves 4—6 in. long, and 1 to 1£ in. broad. 

 Petioles about an inch long. Flowers white orpale purplish, fragrant. Calyx clothed with adpressed 

 silvery hairs, a- well as the pedicels and petals. Ovarium 3-celled. Pome ovate -oblong. (Don's 

 Mill., iii. p. 398.) A native of Nepal, about Narainhetty, Katmandu, and the Valley of Dhoon ; 

 where it forms a tree, growing from 10 ft. to 15 ft. in height. It is said to have been introduced in 

 ISIS ; but we have never seen it. 



Sfc.C. 7»aeropli.i)lla Wall, has broad, ovate, acuminated leaves, and small pomes, about the size of 

 black pepper. It is a native of the Himalaya Mountains, but it is not yet introduced. 



■& ('. excilsa H. B. et Kunth (Don's Mill., 3. p. 399.) is a native of the environs of Mexico, and is 

 closely allied to C. san~uinea; but only dried specimens of it have yet been seen in Britain. 



§ ii. Involucrdtce Dec. 



Derivation. From involucrum, an involucre, with which the heads of flowers are severally sur- 

 rounded. 



Sect. Char. Flowers disposed in heads or umbels, surrounded by coloured 

 involucres, which are usually composed of 4 leaves. (Dec. Prod., iv. p. 273.) 



A. Trees with white capitate Floivers. 



*t C. discifli.ra Moc. ct Sesse (Dec. Prod., 4. p. 273. ; C. grandis Cham, et Schlecht.) has smooth 

 branches, with lanceolate leaves, and ovate fruit. It is a native of Mexico, near Jalapa, but has not 

 yet been introduced. 



¥ C. fopSnica Thunb., Tiburnum japunicum Sprcng., is anativeof Japan, with ovate-acuminated 

 leaves, and fruit crowned by a very short permanent style, red, smooth, and rather acid. Not yet in. 

 troduccd. 



B. Trees with yellow, umbclled, Flowers. 

 *t 9. ('• ma's L. The male Dogwood, the Cornel, or Cornelian Cherry Tree. 



Id, ,,/,/ir/iiitm. Lin. Sp., 171. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 400. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Synonymes. C. matcula JJHirit. Corn., No. 4., Guimp. Abb., t. 2., Hayne Term. Bot.,t. 35., Fl. 

 <;,,/■< , t |51„ Schmidt llmm,., <2. t. 63., Lam III., t. 74. f. 1., Kw'ph. Cent., 1. t. 18. ; Long Cherry 

 'Ire- ; Cornelia ; Cornoililler male, Conies, Corneilles, Fr. ; Kornel Kireche Hartricgel, Ger. 



I). ,,,,,i,i,ii. J he name Of mat lias been applied to this species since the days of Theophrastus ; in all 



probability, because young plants arc barren for many years after they show flowers ; these flowers 



being furnUhed with ftameni only. For an opposite reason, the name of Corn us fo-'mina was given 



\<, uaangulnea [8e« p. 1010.) The name of Cornelian Cherry relates to the beautiful colour of 



emblea that, of a cornelian. 



I.,,-, mini's. Black., t. 121. ; J'Jcnck. Icon., t. 35. ; our { ig. 70'8. ; and the plate in Vol. II. 



Spec. Ckar. t 8fC. Branches smoothish. Leaves oval, acuminated, rather 

 pubescent on both surfaces. Flowers protruded before the leaves. Umbels 

 about equal in length to the 4-Ieaved involucre. Flowers yellow. Fruit 



