. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 8. Cornus stricta Lam. Stiff Cornel or Dogwood. Fig. 3187. Cornus striata Lam. Encycl. 2: 116. 1786, C. fastigiata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 92. 1803. A shrub, 8°-iS° high, resembling the pre- ceding species, the twigs purplish or reddish brown. Leaves petioled, ovate or ovate-lanceo- late, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed or sometimes rounded at the base,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 8. Cornus stricta Lam. Stiff Cornel or Dogwood. Fig. 3187. Cornus striata Lam. Encycl. 2: 116. 1786, C. fastigiata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 92. 1803. A shrub, 8°-iS° high, resembling the pre- ceding species, the twigs purplish or reddish brown. Leaves petioled, ovate or ovate-lanceo- late, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed or sometimes rounded at the base, sparingly and finely appressed-pubescent on both sides, ii'-3'long, the margins often minutely denticu- late, green above and beneath; cymes rather loosely flowered, li'-2i' broad, their rays nearly or quite glabrous; petals white, ovate-lanceo- late, or oblong; fruit pale blue, about 3" in diameter; stone globose, nearly smooth. In swamps and along streams, Virginia to Geor- gia, Florida and Missouri. April-May. Panicled cornel. 9. Cornus alternifolia L. f. Alternate-leaved Cornel or Dogwood. Fig. 3188. Cornus alternifolia L. f. SuppK 125. 1781. A shrub, or small tree, with smooth greenish bark, "reaching a maximum height of about 30° and trunk diameter of 8'. Leaves slender- petioled, alternate, clustered near the ends of the branches, oval or ovate, acuminate at the apex, narrowed or sometimes rounded at the base, 2'-4' long, pale and appressed-pubescent beneath, glabrate above, the margins minutely denticulate; petioles i'-li' long; cymes 2-4' broad, pubescent; petals white, or cream-color, lanceolate; fruit globular, or slightly depressed, blue, rarely yellow, about 4" in diameter; stone somewhat obovoid, channeled, scarcely flattened. In woods, Miquel'on Island and Nova Scotia to Georgia, Ontario, Minnesota, West Virginia, Alabama and Missouri. Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. Wood hard, reddish brown ; weight per cubic foot 42 lbs. Blue or purple dogwo
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