CORNUS suecica ; herbacea, ramis binatis, umbella axillari pedunculata involucrata, foliorum nervis
omnibus subdistinctis.
CORNUS suecica. Linn. Sp. PL p. 171. Light/. Scot. p. 119. With. Bot. Arr. ed. 4. vol. 2.
p. 198. Fl. Dan. t. 5. Hoffm. Germ. ed. 2 . vol. 1 . P . I. p. 78. Willd. Sp. P l. vol. 1 .
p . 660. Smith Fl. Brit. p. 188. Engl. Bot. t. 310. P ers. Syn. PL vol. 1 . p. 143.
Wahl. FL Lapp. p. 50. Alton Hort. Kew. ed. 2 . vol. 1 . p. 260. Svensk Bot. t. 2 6 1 .
Hook. Fl. Scot. P . I. p. 55. ‘
CORNUS herbacea. Huds. Angl. p. 71.
CHAMÆPERICLYMENUM. Dwarf Honeysuckle. Raii Syn. p. 261.
Dan. H'ônsebær. Fr. Le Cornouiller herbacé, ou de Suede. Germ. Die Nordische oder Schwedische
Kornelle. Lapl. Pcednac moje. Norw. Ski-ub. Swed. (Jemtl.) Smörbär. (Sinäland) Hönson.
(Angerm.) Honsbär. (Bahus.) Skrubbor. (Dal.) Holteblommor.
Class a nd Ord e r . TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
[N atural Ord e r . CAPRIFOLIACEÆ. Juss., Decand., Hook.} . ;
Gen. Char. Calyx quadridentatus. Petala supera, quatuor. Stamina quatuor, petalis alternantias. Drupa
Niece 2 -loculari.
Gen. Char. Calyx four-toothed. Petals superior, four. Stamens four, alternating with the petals. Drupe
with a two-celled Nut.
Radix perennis, longe repens, filiformis, gracilis, flex-
uosa, hie illic fibrosa.
CaüLES plurimi ex eadem radice, erecti, glabri, tetra-
goni, graciles, spithamæi, demum extremitate in-
novationibus duabus dichotomi.
Folia perpauca, distantia, opposita, lateovata, sub lente
pilosa, pilis minutis appressis, integerrima, ob-
tusa, quiqquenervia, nervis subtus prominen-
tibus.
Umbella ex apice caulis intra ramos, pedunculata.
Pedunculus sesquiunciam longus, erectus.
Involucrum tetraphyllum, foliolis patentibus, duobus
oppositis minoribus, omnibus ovato-rotundatis
vix concavis, pallide albo-virescentibus, nervis
subquinque parallelis, demum subrubicundis.
Umbella pauciflora ; floribus octo ad decem.
Flores parvi, brevius pedicellati, pedicellis pilis appressis
hispidis atro-purpureis.
Calyx superus, quinquedentatus.
Corolla tetrapetala, petalis patentibus demum re-
curvis, quorum duo vel tna apice uncinato acuminata.
Stamina quatuor, æqualia. Filamenta subulata, alba.
Antheræ ovato-sagittatæ, flavæ.
PlSTiLLUM atro-purpureum. Germen inferum. Stylus
longitudine staminibus æqualis, rectus. Stigma
obtusum.
Pericarpiom : Drupa rubra, subdidyma, calycis den-
tibus styloque coronata. Nux elliptico-subro-
tunda, bilocularis, loculis monospermis.
Semina ad apicem loculorum affixa, pendentia, pallide-
fusca. Albumen carnosum. Embryo'immersus,
cylindraceus. Radicula ad hilum seminis versa.
Root perennial, creeping for a great length, filiform,
slender, flexuose, at intervals fibrous.
Stems many from one root, erect, glabrous, four-sided,
slender, a span high, a t length dichotomous at
the extremity with two innovations.
Leaves very few, distantly placed, opposite, broadly
ovate, hairy when seen under a microscope, hairs
minute, appressed, entire, obtuse, five-nerved,
the nerves prominent beneath.
U mbel springing from the summit of the stem between
the branches, pedunculated. Peduncle an inch
and half long, erect.
I nvolucre of four leaves, leaflets spreading, two of
them opposite and smaller, all between ovate
and roundish, slightly concave, of a pale whitish
. green, with about five parallel nerves, becoming
afterwards reddish.
U mbel containing, few flowers; from eight to ten.
Flowers small, upon short footstalks, the footstalks
rough with appressed blackish-red hairs.
Calyx superior, five-toothed.
Corolla of four spreading, finally recurved petals;
two or three' of which are terminated with an
uncinated point.
Stamens four, equal. Filaments awl-shaped, white.
Anthers ovato-sagittate, yellow.
Pis t il blackish-red. Germen inferior. Style equal in
length to the stamens, straight. Stigma obtuse.
Pe r ica rp : Drupe red, approaching to didymous,
crowned with the style and the teeth of the
calyx. Nut elliptical, nearly round, two-celled,
the cells one-seeded.
Seeds affixed to the summit of the cells, pendent, pale-
brown. Albumen fleshy. Embryo immersed,
cylindrical.. Radicle turned towards the hilum
of the seed.
l ' ^ ower*ng specimen, and Fig. 2 . Plant in fruit, of Cor.
blower, deprived of the'petals and stamens. Fig. 5. Druj
s suecica ; natural size. Fig. 3 . Flower. Fi<r. 4.
IpIp^P; of .tlie peta,s and stamens. Fig. 5. Drupe. Fig. 6. Drupe, laid open to show the nut.
spwi ^ er“ca^secti°n of the nut, to show the two cells and the pendent seeds. Fig. 8. Vertical section o f a
seed. Fig. 9 . Embryo :—all but Figs. 1 and 2 7 '• less magnified.
whirh°^ether jD 1“hab!tant ° f northern parts of Europe and Asia, and remarkable for the corolla-like involucre
rp5n^fS,Ur—?dS the.minute flowers. This indeed it has in common with the C. canadensis, a species in other
t0A f I P f i S t0 , hut differing in having four or six large obovate yet acute leaves placed in a whorl at the
■ from hJ h Stem’.L the lateral nerves not so decidedly parallel, but uniting with the midrib at a greater distance
;nn bas® : thf rest of the stem too is altogether leafless, or has at most one pair of leaves, and there are no
innovations from the top of the stem.
llav. ' fa.eci? ? inhabits the north of England, and more abundantly the mountainous parts of Scotland. Where we
tains a H iK S t le greatest abundance has been amongst the superb scenery of the Cairngorum range of moun-
its finl" r, ?S.e °? B.raemar- It is far less conspicuous in flower, which is in June and July, than when it bears
£ | l | scailet hemes in the months of September and October.