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DOGWOOD. 
(CoRNOUILLER. Fr.) 
Natural Order , Cornace^e, (Decand.) Linncean Arrange- 
ment, Tetrandria Monogynia. 
CORNUS. # (Tournefort.) 
Border of the calyx 4-toothed, minute. Petals oblong, spreading. Stamens 
4, longer than the corolla. Style somewhat club-shaped ; stigma obtuse 
or capitate. Drupes free, berried, 1 to 2 -celled, 1 to 2 -seeded. 
The plants of this genus are chiefly trees or shrubs, rarely herbaceous, 
with a bitter bark. Leaves opposite, (or rarely somewhat alternate) 
usually entire, without stipules, and feather-veined. Flowers small and 
white, disposed in compound, terminal, flat clusters or cymes ; sometimes 
capitate and surrounded by a coloured involucrum resembling petals. Hairs 
of the leaves and stems affixed by the centre. 
LARGE-FLOWERED DOGWOOD. 
CORNUS nuttallii, (Audubon), arborescens ; involucris k-Q-foliolatis, 
foliolis obovatis , acutis acuminatisve basi angustatis ; foliis ovalibus , 
viz acuminatis ; cortice Icevi . 
# From cornu a horn, in allusion to the hardness of the wood. 
