CORNUS 273 



broad, pedicels and ovaries pubescent, styles 2-3 mm. long, stigma capitate 

 or club-shaped; fruit globose, light blue, 6-7 mm. in diameter, stones 

 somewhat irregular or oblique in shape, slightly ridged and narrowed at 

 the base : A m m u m, an aromatic shrub. 



In low rich woods and along streams, frequent throughout the state, 

 except far northward. From Newfoundland to North Dakota, south to 

 Fla. and La. Blossoms in June, fruit ripe in August. 



The inner bark is used by the Indians, under the name of Kinnikinnik, 

 to mix with their tobacco for smoking. 



Cornus paniculata L'H e r i t i e r 1788 Dogwood 



A shrub 2-5 m. high, bark gray and smooth, young twigs mostly 

 glabrous; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, narrowed at the base, 

 long-acuminate at the apex, light green above, much paler beneath, with 

 scattered appressed-pubescence on both sides, 4-10 cm. long, 1.5-4 cm. 

 wide, petioles about 1 cm. long, cymes paniculate, loosely flowered, flowers 

 white, petals lance-oblong, 2-3 mm. long, calyx-tube with appressed white 

 pubescence ; fruit white, globose or nearly so, about 6 mm. in diameter, 

 stone subglobose, thicker than long, ridged : paniculata, panicled. 



In rich soil, thickets, woods, etc. Common throughout the south half 

 of the state and in the Valley of the Red River. In the Big Woods it 

 is the most abundant species; not reported from the northeastern part of 

 the state. From Me. to Minn, and Ontario, south to North Carolina and 

 Nebraska. Flowers in June, fruit ripe in August and September. 



Cornus Baileyi Coulter and Evans 1890 Bailey's Dogwood 



A shrub 1-4 m. high, branches brown or reddish-brown, covered with 

 spreading pubescence; leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, rounded or nar- 

 rowed at the base, acuminate at the apex, appressed pubescent above, 

 spreading or woolly-pubescent beneath, 3-8 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. wide; 

 cymes rather dense, the branches and pedicels pubescent ; flowers white, 

 6-7 mm. broad, petals lanceolate; fruit white, subglobose, about 6 mm. in 

 diameter, stone flattened and slightly oblique, considerably broader than 

 long : Baileyi, named for L. H. Bailey. 



Along the sandy shores of lakes and in moist ground, common in the 

 northern part of the state. Distributed from Pa. to Saskatchewan, south 

 to Wyo. and Neb. 



This species resembles the following somewhat closely and has gen- 

 erally been confused with it. It differs in the pubescent twigs and more 

 woolly pubescent leaves. Blossoms in June, fruit ripe in Aug. and Sept. 



