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cymes are not very full. The stone is nearly 

 globose and somewhat ridged. It is aromatic 

 and bitter. September. 



Leaves. — The leaves are nearly round, some- 

 times even broader than long. The apex is acute 

 and the base rounded or heart-shaped. The under 

 surface is densely hairy and has prominent veins. 



Floioers. — The white blossoms are rather 

 large and in full-blossomed cymes. The pedi- 

 cels are somewhat hairy. 



This shrub is quite spreading in its habit, and 

 from three to ten feet high. Its branches are 

 green and warty. The leaves are distinctively 

 broad. It grows in the shade and often among 

 rocks. It extends from Nova Scotia to Virginia. 



SILKY CORNEL. KINNIKINNIK 



Cornus Amonum Comus sericea 



DogTvood Family 



Fruit. — The drupes vary in ripening from 

 green to pale blue. They are globular, with 

 the calyx teeth persistent in a depression at the 

 summit. The flesh is whitish and the stone 

 noticeably ridged. The fruits grow in a flat 



