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There is but one Species of this Genus , viz. 
Clethra alnifolia. Alder leaved Clethra . 
This Ihrub grows common in Maryland, Virginia, 
and Carolina, in moift ground and by rivulets; rif- 
ing to the height of fix or eight feet, dividing into 
many branches, clothed with wedge-fhape, 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 
fine appearance. 
The CORNEL, or DOGBERRY-TREE. 
Clafs 4. Order 1. Tetrandria Monogynia. 
r pHE Calyx confifts of an Involucrum of four leaves, many 
flowered : the leaves ovate, coloured, and deciduous ; the 
oppofite interior fomewhat longer and narrower. 
An Empalement, very fmall, four-toothed, above and de- 
ciduous. 
The Corolla confifts of four petals, oblong, acute, plane, and 
fmaller than the Involucrum. 
The Filaments are four, awl- ill aped, ereft, and longer than the 
corolla. The Antherce are roundiili and incumbent. 
The Germen is roundiili and beneath. The Style filiform and 
the length of the corolla. The Stigma is obtufe. 
The Seed-veJJel is a drupe, or ftone-fruit, roundiili and umbili 
cated. 
The Seed , a nut, heart-ftiaped, or oblong, and two cell’d. 
Obf. The Involucrum is wanting in moil of our Species. 
CORNU'S. 
Tlie Species are, with us. 
1. CoRNUS 
