100 TETRAXDRIA MOXOGYNIA 



74, BANGUI80RBA. /,. *Yutt. Gen. 161. 

 ; Latin* Sanguis, blood, and sot Out, to absorb; being supposed to Mop 1 leeding.] 



Calyx colored, corolla-like, 4-partcd. Petal* 0. Stigma multifid. 

 Ovary 4-angled, bractcatc at base, Carpels 2, included in the tube u> 

 the calyx, becoming dry Lndehiscent i-sccded akenes. 



Herbaceous: leaves odd -pinnate, stipular; flowers a grcgatcd in dense cylindi-ii 

 or ovale spikes. Kat* Ord. 71. Lin I. SANuiiSuKu::..:. 



I. S. canadensis, L. Leaflets ovate-oblong, cordate a1 base, coarse- 

 ly serrate ; spikes cylindric, long; stamens much c&sortod, the fila- 

 ments diluted above. Becky Lot. p. 115. 

 Canadian Sanguisorua. Vtilgo — Burnet Saxifrage. 



Hmt perennial. S.'em 2to \ feet hi«$h, Gstular, terete, striate and rougbish pubes- 

 cent, with a cw erect smo< thishand somewhat angular branches. Lear cs alter- 

 nate, pinnate, with a terminal odd Leaflet ; common petiole dilated at I use into tt 

 sheathing membrane, supporting auricular serrated stipules] leaflets two to four 

 inches long and one to two inch< s wide, glabrous, oblong, or ovate-ol 1 >ng, (.1 tusi , 

 cordate at base, pet! date, coarsely dentate-serrate, the serratures often acuminate, 

 or cuspidate. Stimuli's at the base of the partial petioles ovale, acute, Berrato,oftco 

 wanting. spikes 3 to 6 Inches in longth, on Long peduncles, or rather termina- 

 ting the nearly naked branches. Plowi rs numerous, cr >wded, s< ssib . ea< h with 

 2 bracts at base ; the lower bract lance-oMone, obtuse, al out as long as the evary, 

 the two lateral ones lance-ovate, about one ihiinl the length of the lower onc,*and 

 all of them tomentose, pulverulent, and fringed on the margin* Calyx y« lluwish 

 or greenish white, resembling 3 corolla; segments ovate-oLlong, keeled, with a 

 slightly compressed callous apex. Stamens very long; the upper part of the fila* 

 ment flatted and dilated. Style a little longer than the calyx ; stigma somewhat 

 capitate, multifid, or pencilfrrm. Ovary ovoid-^uadraivjular, the angles promi- 

 nent, and at length winged. 

 Hub. Low nuadow grounds; margins of swamps : frequent. Ft. Aug. FY, Octo 



Obs. Authors generally speak of ttco bracts (or calyx-kaves, as they w< re for- 

 merly termed,) at the base of tin; flower ; but I find them as above described. One 

 other species has been enumerated in the (J, Suites; but it dues not seem to Le 

 well ascertained. 



b. Corolla tetrapetalous — or 0. 



75. CORNUS. /.. .Yutt. Gen. 113. 

 [Latin, Comu, a horn ; from the horny toughness of ihe.wocd ] 



Calyx 4-toothed ; segments small, retain 4, oblong. Stamens long- 

 er than the corolla; anthers incumbent. Stigma capitate or obtuse. 

 Drupe with a 2 or 3-celled nut. 



Small Trees, or Shrubs— rurdy Herbaceous: branches and leaves generally 

 opposite : leaves without stipules, entire, penninerved; flowers Subcapitals, with 

 a 4-leaved involucre,— or cymose and paniculate, without an involucre. Xat. 

 Ord. liil. L'uuil. Capiiifoliace.e. 



Flowers subcapitate — with an Involucre. 



1. C Florida, L. Arborescent; leaves ovate, acuminate; involucre 

 large, with obcordate leaflets; drupe oval, red. BeckyBot.p. 153. Icon, 

 Mx. /, Sylva, 1. tab. 48. 

 Flowebisg Cornus. I'ulgd — Dog-wood. Common Dog-wood. 



