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CORNACEZ. Dogwood Family. 
Mostly shrubs or trees; leaves simple; flowers inconspicuous; calyx-tube 
adherent to the ovary in the fruitful flowers, and its short lobes free; stamens 
equal in number to the separate parts of the corolla; fruit is a berry or a stone 
fruit with a single suspended ovule or seed in each cell. This family is one 
of some importance to mankind, furnishing valuable hard-wood, food, and 
important remedies. 
Aucuba. Pistils and stamens on different plants; flowers are dark purple, 
inconspicuous, in clusters from the axils of the opposite leaves, which are 
often marbled with yellow, and are thick, shining, and evergreen. The single 
species we have is: 
Aucuba Japonica, 7iunderg. The mature red berries of which are quite 
handsome. From Japan. 
Cornus. CORNEL, DoGwoop. Flowers perfect, in close or flat-topped clus- 
ters; sometimes with a conspicuous flower-like involucre, which encloses many 
small flowers; leaves opposite, or nearly so; bark very bitter, and once much 
used as a tonic. 
Cornus alternifolia, Zimmeus. ALTERNATE-LEAVED CORNEL. Branches 
green or green and streaked with white; ovate leaves, alternate or sometimes 
nearly opposite, long-pointed, whitish on the under surface; fruit blue, on red 
stalks. Native and common. 
* Cornus asperifolia, Michaux. RouGH-LEAVED DoGwoop. Young 
branchlets are rough pubescent; leaves rough hairy on the under surface, soft 
and downy on the upper; seed small, nearly round, and nearly smooth, with 
very slight furrows. Native of the States along the middle Mississippi River, 
where it becomes a small-sized tree. 
Cornus florida, Zimmzus. COMMON DoGwoop, FLOWERING DoGwoop. 
Too well known to need a description, and attractive enough for a place in 
any grounds. Native to the Park. 
* Cornus circinata, Z’/éritier. RouND-LEAVED CORNEL or DoGwoop- 
Dark-green branches somewhat warty-dotted ; roundish leaves woolly on under 
surface and 5 inches long; fruit blue. Native. 
Cornus Japonica, Thunberg. JAPAN DoGWooD-TREE. Leaves whitish 
on the under surface; flowers whitish, and in heads, which are surrounded by 
an involucre (like that of our Flowering Dogwood, but smaller). 
Cornus mas, Zinneus. EUROPEAN CoRNEL or DoGwoop. A large shrub 
or small tree; leaves oval; flowers yellow (coming before the leaves), in a 
small cluster, and surrounded by a small 4-leaved involucre. Native of the 
East, and ranges widely over Europe and Asia. Fruit edible. 
Cornus paniculata, Z’ Héritier. PANICLED CORNEL. A much-branched 
native shrub, 4 to 10 feet high, which has pure white flowers and plenty of 
them. 
