No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 305 



Cornus Amomum IMill. (classical name for some shrub). 

 Corn us sericca L. 

 Cornus Pnrpusi Koehne. 



Silky Cornel. Kinnikinnik. Swamp Dogwood. 

 Frequent. Low thickets and along streams. June — July. 

 The bark is used medicinally. 



Cornus stolonifera Michx. (shoot-bearing). 

 Red-osier Cornel or Dogwood. 



Wet places. Common in northwestern Connecticut, ex- 

 tending eastward to East Granby (I. Holcomb) and south- 

 ward to New Milford (C. K. Averill) ; occurs also at East 

 Hartford on a river bank (A. W. Driggs). May— June. 



A good shrub for planting in moist soils. 



Cornus paniculata L'Her. (panicled). 



Cornus candidissima Marsh. ( ?) , not Mill. 

 Panicled Cornel. 



Occasional or frequent. Roadsides, thickets and borders 

 of woods in either dry or moist ground. July. 



A handsome shrub both in flower and fruit, and well 

 worthy of cultivation. 



Cornus alternifolia L. f. (alternate-leaved). 

 Dogberry. 



Frequent. Fence-rows, copses and open woods. May — 

 June. 



NYSSA L. Tupelo. Pepperidge. Sour Gum. 



Nyssa sylvatica Marsh, (of w^oods). 



Black or Sour Gum. Pepperidge. Tupelo. 



Frequent. Woods and fields, usually in moist or wet 

 ground. June. 



The wood is soft but very hard to split ; it is used for 

 beetle-heads, chopping-bowls, rollers, etc. A tree of inter- 

 esting habit and, especially in autumn, very ornamental. 

 Worthy of cultivation, but very difficult to transplant from 

 the wild. 



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