THE 
AMERICAN JOURNAL 
OF 
PHARMACY. 
JANUARY, 1836. 
Hbvi&ml (tommuxtituttons. 
ART. LIV. — ON CORNUS FLORIDA. 
Bi Charles Ellis. 
Nat. Ord. Corner. 
Sex. Syst. Tetrandria Monogynia. 
Cornus. Calyx, four-toothed: Petals four. Stamens four, alternate 
with the petals. Drupe not crowned ; nut with two cells ; cells two- 
seeded. — Hooker. 
C.Jlorida. Arborescent, leaves opposite, ovate acuminate, entire, rib- 
bed ; leaves of the involucre four, large, obcordate, nerved, white; flow- 
ers in terminal heads. — Beck. 
Synon. Cornus arborea, involucro maximo, &c. Lin. Hort. Cliff. 
38. 171. 
Cornus mas Vtrginiana, Jlosculis in corymbo digestis a perianthio tetrape- 
talo albo radiatim cinctis. Pluk. Aim. 120. t. 2. f. 3. Catesb. Car. 1. 1. 27. 
C.Jlorida. Lin. Spl. PI. 171. Marshall. Arbust. Am. 14. Mich. Fl or. 
Am. boreal. 1. 91. Nuttall. Gen. Am. PI. 96. Eaton. Man. Bot. 108. &c. 
Icon. Lin. Hort. Cliff. 38. S. 171. Pluk. Aim. 120. t. 2. f. 3. 
Catesb. Car. 1. t. 27. L'Heritier. Cozn. No. 3. p. 4. Mich. arb. Forest. 
3. 138. Schmidt, arb. t. 62. Curtis. Bot. Mag. t. 526. Barton. Veg. 
Mat. Med. U. S. t. 3. Bigelow. Med. Bot. f. 28. 
Common names. Dogwood. Boxtree. Dogtree. Great flowered Cor- 
nel, &c. 
Pharm. Cornus florida. U. S. 
Officinal. The bark. Pieces of various sizes, more or less rolled, 
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