454 CORNACEAE 
sericea, L.) Branches purple, the smaller woolly. Leaves elliptic or egg- 
shaped, densely silky with brownish hairs beneath. Flowers yellowish- 
white, the umbellate clusters rather compact. Fruit dark blue. Woods, 
and along streams. May-July. 
6. C. asperifolia, Michx. (Fig. 1, pl. 112.) RouGu-LtEavep Doe- 
woop. General appearance of the shrub similar to last. Leaves rough, 
hairy above, downy beneath. Fruit globular, white. Wet places. May- 
June. 
7. C. stolonifera, Michx. Rep Oster. Shrub, often sending out run- 
ners, which take root. Branches slender, the younger bright reddish- 
purple. Leaves egg-shaped on slender leaf-stalks, with few soft hairs 
above, whitish silky beneath. Berries bluish-white. Moist places. May- 
June. 
8. C. paniculata, L’Her. (Fig. 5, pl. 112.) Panictep Docawoop. 
(C. candidissima, Marsh.) Branches gray, smooth. Leaves lance-shaped 
or somewhat egg-shaped. Pale, silky beneath. Clusters of flowers pyra- 
midal. Berries bluish-white. 
2, INYSSA,. 2: 
Our species large trees, with rough bark. Leaves alternate without 
teeth at the margins. Flowers small, greenish, the stamens and pistils 
on different flowers or different trees or perfect and imperfect flowers on 
the same tree. Petals 5, minute and fleshy; stamens 10. Pistillate flowers 
few in a group, staminate flowers numerous. Berry oval, one-seeded. 
l. N. sylvatica, Marsh. Prprerace. Sour Gum. Large tree, with 
rough bark. Leaves alternate, oval, smooth at margins, pointed at each 
end. Berry nearly black. Swamps and rich soil. April-June. 
2. N. biflora, Walt. SourHerN TupELo. Similar to No. 1. Leaves 
mostly smaller, oval or pear-shaped, mostly obtuse at apex. Swamps and 
along ponds. New Jersey and southward. 
