72 MEYER. — SUR QUELQUES ESPÈCES DE CORNUS. 



et Gray L c. , p. 650 ; Spach l. c, p. 95? Schmidt L c. , p. 14 et 

 16, ao. 69. 



Species C. sanguineœ proxima, a qua distinguitur ramis valde verruco- 

 sis, foliis ut plurimum amplissimis ovatis suborbiculatisve nervis laterali- 

 bus utrinque 7 v. 8 notatis et subtus tuberculatis atque glaucis , stylo 

 apice non clavato. 



Rami crassiores, purpurascentes v. viridi-purpurascentes dense verru- 

 eosi ; juniores subglabri. Petioli 4 6 lin. longi. Folia suborbiculata 3 1/2 

 poil, longa, 3 1/4 poil, lata, vel minora, 2 1/4 poil, longa, 2 poil, lata; 

 maxima 4 3/4 poil, longa, 4 1/2 poli, lata; — vel late ovata, 3 1/2 poil, 

 longa, 2 1/2 poil, lata; — vel late elliptica, 3 poil, longa, 2 poil, lata; 

 — vel etiam oblongo-elliptica , 3 1/4 poil, longa, 1 1/2 poil. lata,veî 

 4 1/4 poil, longa, 2 1/2 poil, lata; basi saepissime rotundala et non raro 

 subtruncata; apice semper abrupte breviterque acutata vel acuminata; 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque 7 vel 8 (rarius et non nisi in foliis minoribus 6) 

 notata; subtus tuberculis minutis dense obtecta, glauca et setis quam in 

 C. sanguinea longioribus mollioribus scabris curvatis crispatisve patenti- 

 bus bipartitis (raro bipartitis radio altero breviore), interdum simplicibiis 

 hirta, in nervorum axillis barbata. Cyma subpaniculata, depressa, hirsu- 

 tiuscula. Calycis dentés late ovati cuspidati, disco depresso (saepissime) 

 paulo longiores. Stylus longitudine lineam vix excedit , cylindraceus , 

 apice non clavatus, in sicco ad apicem usque striatus, stigmate majusculo 

 terminatus. Drupa subglobosa (dilute cœrulea , demum albida, Herit.). 

 Nux, in speciminibus inspectis, subglobosa, subcostata. — Hab. in ripis 

 umbrosis fluviorum AmericaB septentrionalis a Canada usque ad montes 

 Virginia? et in parte occidentali Indianiœ, non frequens (Torrey et Gray). 



12. Cornus Californica G. A. M. 



G. foliis oppositis ovatisve acutiusculis v. sensim acuminatis basi 

 rotundatis , subtus tuberculatis glaucis setis (elongatis) bipar- 

 titis sublaevibus crispatis patentibus hirtis , nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque sub-6 ; cyma depressa hirsutiuscula ; calycis dentibus 

 disco depresso sublongioribus ; stylo cylindraceo ; nuce sub- 

 globosa. 



C. circinnata? Cham., in Linnœa III, p. 139. 



C. alba fiHooker L c. , 276. C. alba Z/oo&er, inBolany of Bee-. 

 çhey voy. p. 142, 



