— 12 — 



12 — 30 feet high ; leaves ovate, acutish at the base. The numerous white 



flowers very showy, scarcely less so when in fruit. May — .Tue. (300 ) 

 Cornus circinata, L'Her. {Round-leaved Cornel or Dogwood.) Shrub 



6 — 10 feet high ; leaves large, round oval, woolly underneath ; flowers 



white ; fruit light blue. June. (500.) 

 Cornus sericea, L. (Silky Cornel. Kinnikinnik.) Shrub, 3 — 10 feet 



high, with purplish branches ; leaves narrowly, silky downy underneth ; 



flowers yellowish- white ; fruit pale-blue June. (About 500.) 

 Cornus stolonifera, Michx. (Red Osier Dogwood.) Shrub, 3 — 6 feet 



high ; branches bright-red-purple, smooth ; leaves ovate, whitish under- 

 neath ; flowers white. June. (1000.) 

 Cornus, stricta, Lam. ( Stiff Cornel.) Shrub, 8 — 15 feet high ; branches 



smooth ; leaves glabrous on both sides. Fruit pale-blue. April, May 

 Cornus paniculata, L'Her. (Panicled Cornel ) Shrub, 4 — 8 feet high ; 



branches gray, smooth ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, whitish beneath ; fruit 



white. June. (CiOO.) 



Nyssa, L. (Tupleo. Pepperidge.) 

 Nyssa multiflora, 'Wang. (Tupleo. Pepperidge. Black or Sour Gum,) 



A middle-sized tree with horizontal branches and a light flat spray, like 



the Beech. Leaves oval or obovate, shining above when old, turning 



bright crimson in autumn. April. May. (500.) 

 Nyssa uniflora, Walt. (Large Tupleo.) A large tree, with long-petioled, 



oblong or ovate leaves. April. May. (Scarce.) 



DIVISION II. 

 MONOPETALOtTS EXOGENOUS PLANTS. 



ORDER: Ca^rifolhccae. {Honeysuckle Family.) 

 TRIBE 1 Lomcbreak. 



Louicera, L. {Honeysuckle, Woodbine.) 



Lonicera grata, Ait. (American Woodbine.) One of the most beautiful 



climbing plants, bearing briglit red flowers. May— Oct. (About 50.) 



Diervilla, Town. (Bush Honeysuckle.) 

 Diervilla trifida, Mcench. Low, upright shrub, with oblong-ovate leaves ; 

 flowers houey-color, not showy June — August. Growing on rocky 

 hills. 



TRIBE 2. Sambiceae. 

 Sambucus, Town. {Elder.) 

 ^ambucus Canadensis, L. (Common Elder.) Stein scarcely woody, 

 5 — 10 feet high ; leaves pinnate ; flowers white, in compound cymes ; fruit 

 black-purple. June. (Numerous.) 



