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There is but one Species of this Genus^ viz. 



Clethra alnifolia. Alder leaved Clethra. 



This flirub grows common in Maryland, Virginia, 

 and Carolina, in moid ground and by rivulets; rif- 

 ing to the height of fix or eight feet, dividing into 

 many branches, clothed with wedge-ftiape, oval, vein- 

 ed leaves, fawed on their edges, refembling thofe 

 of the Alder but longer ; which are placed alternate- 

 ly. The flowers are produced at the extremity of 

 the branches, in long clofe bunches; they are of a 

 white colour, and when in full bloom make a very 

 jine appearance. 



G O R N U S. 



The CORNEL, or DOGBERRY-TREE. 

 Clafs 4. Order i . Tetrandria Monogynia. 



^PHE Cal^x confifts of an Iimlticrum of four leaves, many 

 flowered: the leaves ovate, coloured, and deciduous; the 

 oppofite interior fomewhat longer and narrower. 

 An Empalementy very fmall, four- toothed, above and de- 

 ciduous. 



The Corolla confifls of fgur petals, oblong, acute, plane, and 



fmaller than the Involucrum. 

 The Filaments are four, awl-lliaped, ere6l, and longer than the 



corolla. The Anthem are roundiih and incumbent. 

 The Germen is roundilK and beneath. The St^le filiform and 



the length of the corolla. The Stigma is obtufe. 

 The Seed-vejjel is a drupe, or ftone-fruit, roundifli and umbili- 



cated. 



The Seed, a nut, heart-ilaped, or oblong, and two cell'd. 

 OhJ, The Involucrum is wanting in moft of our Species, 



'The Species are^ with us^ - 



I. CORNUS 



