COLUTEA, Leguminosae. Bladder-senna. Large coarse shrubs 
with yellow or orange flowers and bladder-like pods that con¬ 
tain small seeds [5D, nursery]. 
C. brevialata. S. France. 
C. gracilis. Transcaspia. 
C. istria. Asia Minor. 
C. media ( C. arborescens x orientalis). 
C. melanocalyx. Asia Minor. 
C. orientalis. Cauc. to Turkest. 
C. persica. Kurdistan, Persia. 
CORIARIA, Coriariaceae. Though these shrubs are not fully 
hardy, they are worth growing because of their large panicles 
of showy brilliant red fruits borne in summer. The flowers are 
produced on the shoots of the preceding year. They should be 
planted only in sheltered locations [8E, nursery]. 
C. japonica. Japan (My.). 
C. myrtifolia. S. Eu., N.W. Afr. 
C. nepalensis. Himalaya. 
CORNUS, Cornaceae. Dogwood. Shrubs and small trees with 
numerous small flowers in flat clusters. C. florida and C. Kousa 
have large bracts that form the showy part of the inflorescences. 
C. stolonifera, C. alba and others have bright red or yellow 
stems that are conspicuous in winter. Most of the shrubby 
dogwoods grow well in moist soil [5K, 5L, nursery]. 
C. alba argenteo-marginata* 
C. a. sibirica variegata. 
C. alternifolia. Pagoda D.; N. S. to Ga. and Ala. 
C. Amomum grandiflora .f 
C. arnoldiana (C. obliqua x racemosa). 
* C. alba, the Tatarian Dogwood, is native in Siberia and northern China, 
t C. Amomum, the Silky Dogwood, is native from Massachusetts to 
Georgia. 
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