li'ii l-'ir.Li) Manuai. 



I. Aralia spinosa L. Aii.u:elica-trce. A prickly shrul) 

 (•r small t'ee with k)ng-petioled bipinnate leaves. In low 

 i^rouiid aiul aloii'^ streams. Sometimes cultivated. Conn, to 

 I'la., Ohio. Mo., and Tex. 



Coniaccar. Dogwood Family. 

 7!». Cornus (Tonrn.) L.' Dogwood. 



Shrubs or small trt-es with opposite or rarely alternate, 

 entire pinnatel\ veined leaves having the npper two veins 

 curving toward the tii> and m.ore or less parallel with the 

 midrib'; and witii distinct, exposed, axillary buds. 



Flowers in panicles; fruit a bilocular white or ])lue drupe; 

 cymes self-pruned wh.en the fruit is ripe. 



1. Leaves alternate; twigs green, smooth; tlowers in 

 cymose panicles, drupe blue. C. alternifoUa. 



1. Leaves opposite, ovate or ovate-lanceolate: drupe 

 globose, white. C. asperifolia. 



1. Cornus alternifolia L. f. Blue Dogwood. A .shrub 

 or small tree with smooth, greenish, bitter bark. Wood hard, 

 reddish brown. In rich soil. N. S. to Ga., Ont., Minn.. W. 

 Va.. Ala., and Mo. 



""''■^ Cornus asperifolia Mx. Rough-leaf Dogwood. A 

 tall shrub, sometimes tree-like, with reddish brown twigs. In 

 rich or moist ground and flood plains. Ont. to Fla.. Minn.. 

 Kan., and Tex, 



so. Cynoxylon Rai". Dogwood. 



Trees or shrubs with opposite, entire, pinnatel} veined 

 leaves having the upper two veins curving toward the tip 

 and more or less parallel with the midrib ; and with minute 

 axillary buds hidden under the petiole bases. 



Flowers in' heads subtended by an involucre of 4 large 

 whitish bracts ; fruit a bilocular. red drupe. 



1. Cynoxylon floridum (L.) Raf. Flowering Dog- 

 wood. A small very ornamental tree, with rough' reticulate 

 bark. Leaves bright red in autunni. Wood solid, hard, 

 brown, valuable: \.\sq(\ for s!uittles. The drupes are reputed 

 to I)e poisonous. .Me. and ()nt. to h'la., .Minn.. Mo., and Tex. 



