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PLANTS AND MAN 



The Dogwoods 



The DOGWOODS or cornels (Cornus) number about eighteen 

 species of which four reach tree size. The leaves are generally 

 opposite with entire or finely toothed margins (fig. 221). Small 



Fig. 220. — Buckeye is a small tree with large erect clusters of showy white 



flowers. 



yellowish flowers are borne in heads, in some species surrounded 

 by showy, white or pink, bracts which are mistaken for petals. 

 The fruit is a one-seeded, commonly red, fleshy berry. 



Two members are of slight commercial importance, the 

 FLOWERING DOGWOOD which ranges from southern Maine to 



