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OO Inflorescentia involucrata. Fructus coccinei. 



A Bracteaa herbaceaj squamosa;. Caulis fruticosus 



v. arboreus. Flores flavi umbellati 



,. ii. Macrocarpium Nakai. 



AA Bracteae ampla; 4-8 alba;. 



* Caulis herbaceus. Flores in cymas umbellas- 

 forrnes dispositi. Bractea; 4. Fructus ex- 



succus iii. Arctocrania Nakai. 



** Caulis arboreus v. fruticosus. Flores capitati 

 albo-virescentes. Bracteas 4-8. Fructus 

 drupaceus iv. Benthamia Lindl. 



Cornus L. (sensu diverso). 



L. Gen. PI. n. 149 (p. p.) L'Heritier Monogr. Corn. (1788) 

 p. p. Baillon Nat. Hist. PI. VII (1881) p. 79. (p. p.). 



Cornus sect. Thelycrania Endl. Gen. PI. n. 4574. Benth. et 

 Hook. Gen. PI. I. p. 950. Harms in Engl. Prantl. Nat. Pn. 

 Fam. III. viii p. 265. 



Cornus sect, microcarpium Spach. Hist Veget. Phan. VIII 

 p. 94. 



Flores hermaphroditi, parvi cymoso-paniculati albi ebrac- 

 teati. Calycis tubus urceolatus v. campanulatus, teres v. costatus. 

 Petala 4 oblonga valvata. Stamina 4 petala alterna, filamentis 

 subulatis, antheris oblongis. Discus pulvinatus. Ovarium 2- 

 loculare. Stylus columnaris, stigmate capitato v. truncate 

 Ovula in loculis solitaria. Drupa ovoidea caerulea v. alba, 

 pittamine osseo v. crustaceo 2-loculari 2-spermo. Semina oblonga 

 compressa, testa membranacea, albumine carnoso. Embryo 



axilis. Radicula teres. "Arbor v. frutex glabri v. sericei. 



Ramuli rubescens v. purpurascens. Folia opposita v. alterna 

 petiolata v. subsessilia integra subtus saepe glauca. Cortex 

 trunci homogama ita non decidua. 



sect. 1. Brothrocaryum Harms. Folia alterna. Putamen 



* la our species, the intensity of root-pressure is wonderful. It occurs periodically 

 in early spring, often elevating Ilg-column to 120 cm. or more. 



