SUMMER KEY TO THE SPECIES OF CORNUS 



a. Reaves mostly alternate; branches usually greenish; flowers 

 surrounded 'by large petal-like bracts; fruit globular, blue, 



borne many in loose clusters C. alternifolia, p. 207. 



aa. Leaves opposite; brandies usually reddish or yellowish; 

 flowers not surrounded by large petal-like bracts; fruit 



ovoid, scarlet, borne hi close clusters of 3-4 



C. florida, p. 205. 



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