110 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS 



sometimes occur along the stem. The leaves are 

 entire, acute at each end, and ovate or oval. 



Flowers. — The small greenish flowers are in 

 a close ^cluster, and surrounded by four white 

 bracts. May- July. 



The Bunchberry is reported as growing pro- 

 fusely among the White Mountains and the 

 Adirondacks. It is very attractive in fruit. 

 "But," said a woman who was exclaiming over 

 them, " the people who live among them all the 

 time don't even know their names and hardly 

 notice them." Truly, many there are who, 

 having eyes, see not the beauties of their com- 

 mon environment. 



New Jersey, Indiana, and Minnesota are the 

 limits of southern range. It extends far north- 

 ward and westward. 



FLOWERING DOGWOOD 



Cornus floiida Dogw^ood Family 



Fruit. — The small ovoid drupes are bright 

 red and grow in small bunches. They are 

 ovoid and bear at the tip the calyx and the 

 remnant of the style. The flesh is bitter and 



