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CO'RNUS* *. 



Linncan Class and Order. TETRA'NDRiAf, Monogy'nia. 



Natural Order. Caprifolia'cete ; Sect. Hedera'cea: ; De- 

 cand. — Lind. Svn. pp. 131 & 132; Introd. to Nat. Syst. pp. 206 

 & 207. — Rich, by Macgilliv. pp. 460 & 461. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 

 519. — Caprifoli'a ; Sect. 4, Juss. Gen. PI. pp. 210 & 214. — Sm. 

 Gr. of Bot. pp. 129 & 131. — Rosales; Sect. Aralina-:; Type, 

 Cornea'cea; ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 614, 765, & 766. — Stei.- 

 latav, Linn. 



Gen. Char. Calyx (see fig. 3.) superior, of 4 minute, deci- 

 duous teeth. Corolla (fig. 1.) of 4, oblong, pointed, flat, equal 

 petals, broad at the base. Filaments (see figs. 1 & 2.) 4, awl- 

 shaped, upright, longer than the petals, and alternate with them. 

 Anthers roundish, incumbent. Germen (see fig. 3.) inferior, round- 

 ish, compressed. Style (see fig. 3.) thread-shaped, as long as the 

 corolla. Stigma blunt. Drupe (figs. 4 & 5.) roundish, naked and 

 pitted at the summit. Nut oblong, or somewhat heart-shaped, of 

 2 cells, with 1 seed in each. 



The herbaceous species of this genus have always a large white 

 involucrum of 4 leaves, under each umbel ; the shrubby cymose 

 species have none. 



Distinguished from other genera with a corolla of 4 petals in the 

 same class and order, by the inferior drupe, with a nut of 2 cells 

 and 2 seeds, and the petals having no nectary. 



Two species British. 



CO'RNUS SANGUI'NEA. Wild Cornel-tree. Dog-wood. 



Spec, Char. Arborescent; branches straight. Leaves oppo- 

 site, egg-shaped, green on both sides. Cymes flat, without an 

 involucrum. 



Enel. Bot. t. 249. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 171.— Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 70. — 

 Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 188. Engl. FI. v. i. p.221. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 236. — 

 Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 490. — Lindl. Syn. p. 133. — Hook. Br. FI. p. 69. — 

 Sibth. FI. Oxon. p.61. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 35. — Purt. Midi. F’l. v.i. p. 100. — 

 Relh. FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) p. 65. — Hook FI. Scot. p. 55. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 

 38.— FI. Devon, pp. 29 & 164.— Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 41.— Mack. Catal. of PI. 

 of Ireland, p. 19. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 22 . — Cornus feemina, Ray’s Syn. p. 460. 

 — Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 1467. 



Localities. — I n woods and hedges, especially on a chalky or limestone 

 soil. — Common. 



A Shrub. — Flowers in June, and sometimes again in September 

 and October. 



Fig. 1. Corolla, Stamens, and Pistil. — Fig. 2. The same, with the Petals re- 

 moved. — Fig. 3. Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 4. Drupe.— Fig 5. The 

 same, with the upper half of the fleshy covering removed to show the Nut. 



* From cornu, a horn; on account of the hard compact nature of the 

 wood. 



t The 4th class in the Linnean Artificial System ; it comprehends all those 

 plants which have perfect flowers, with 4 distinct, equal stamens in each. 



