— 68 — 



1. p. 117 (1753); Gen. PI. ed. 5. p. 54, no. 139 (1754)-Jussien, Gen. 

 PL p. 214 (1789)-L'Heritier, Cornus p. 1 (1788)-Schkuhr, Bot. Handb. 

 I. p. SI (1791)-A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. IV. p. 271 (1S30). 



Benthamia (non A. Richard) Lindley in Bot. Regist. XIX. t. 1578 

 (lS33)-Siebold & Zuccarini, Fl. Jap. I. p. 37 (lS36)-Endlicher, Gen. 

 PI. p. 7S9, no. 4573 (lS36)-Rannesque, 1. c.-Spach, Hist. Nat. Veg. 

 VIII. p. 10S (1839)-W. J. Hooker in Bot. Mag. LXXVIII. t. 4641 

 (1852)-Kirchner, Arb. Muse. p. 425 (1864)-Baillon, Hist, PI. VII. 

 p. 79 (18S0), pro parte-Nakai in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXIII. p. 40 (1909); 

 Cbosen-sbokubutsu I. 425 (1914). 



Cornus Sect. 2 Iirvolucratce A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. IV. p. 273 

 (1830), pro parte -London, Arb. & Frut. Brit. II. p. 1014 (183S), pro 

 parte. 



Benthamidia, Spach, 1. c. p. 106. 



Cornus Sect. 3. Bentham & Hooker, Gen. PL I. p. 950 (1869). 



Cornus Sect. Benthamia Koebne, Deutsch. Dendrol. p. 43S (1893)- 

 Harms in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfarn. III. Abt. 8. p. 267 (1897). 



Cornus Sect. Benthamidia Harms 1. c. 



Cornus Sect. Discocrania Harms, 1. c. 



Cornus Snbgn. Discocrania Wangerin in Engler, Pnanzenr. IV. no. 

 229, p. 84 (1910). 



Cornus Snbgn. Benthamidia Wangerin, 1. c. p. 86. 



Cornus Subgn. Benthamia Wangerin, 1. c. p. 88. 



Arbor vel arborea. Folia opposita petiolata simplicia integra penni- 

 nervia exstipullata annua vel biennia. Flores capitati bracteis involu- 

 crantibus magnis p e taloideis deciduis vel persistentibus suftulti; 

 calyci? tubus ovario adnatus, dentes 4 parvi; petala 4 valvata inap- 

 pendiculata; stamina 4, anthera? biloculares; discus quadrilobus vel 

 cupuliformis; styli 1, stigma clavatum vel truncatum. Drupa syncar^Da 

 vel apocarpa. Pyrena 1-2 locularis ossea. Testa seminum membranacea 

 vel coriacea. 



Species 7 in America bor. & Asia orientali indigence. 



Cynosylon Sect, Benthamia Nakai, comb. nov. 



Syn. Cornus Sect. Benthamia Koebne, 1. c. — Harms, 1. c. 



