WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 



narrow, pointed bracts. On account of their white, 

 fleecy, geometric design, they have a decidedly lace- 

 like appearance. As the fruit ripens, the floral disks 

 or umbels curve upward and form a hollowed nest 

 or basket-like head. This plant is extremely common 

 east of the Mississippi, in fields and waste places, 

 from June to September. 



LOW, OR DWARF CORNEL. BUNCHBERRY 



Cornus canadensis. Dogwood Family. 



Whatever the Bunchberry lacks in height, it makes 

 up for in spread of foliage during the summer, and 

 brightness of fruit during the autumn. The single 

 slender stalk is four-sided and grooved, and rises from 

 three to nine inches in height from a nearly horizontal 

 rootstock. The four, five, or six, pointed, broad-oval, 

 toothless leaves radiate in a close, flat whorl from the 

 tip of the stalk. They are yellowish green in colour 

 and their surface is strongly marked with several pairs 

 of curving ribs. Frequently one or two opposite pairs 

 of these leaves occur on the stalk below the umbrella- 

 like top. The curious, solitary flower head is composed 

 of a small, dense, flat cluster of tiny, greenish florets, 

 each of which has four spreading petals and an equal 

 number of stamens. Four large, greenish white, 

 rounded, petal-like leaflets surround the cluster, and 

 at a glance the arrangement appears like a single large 

 flower with a greenish centre. The flowers are borne 

 on the tip of a slender stem an inch or so above the 

 centre of the leaves. The rather large, scarlet berries 



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