CHAPTEE XIV. 



II. Simple Opposite Leaves. 



1. Without teeth. A. Edge not divided. 



FLOWERING DOGWOOD, ETC. 



Flowering Dogwood. The flowering dogwood is distin- 

 Cornus florida. guished by apparent, large, dull- 

 white flowers with four notched petals ; but these 



are really bracts (leaflets) set around 

 the cluster of true flowers in the 

 center, which are greenish yel- 

 low.* The leaves are from 

 three to five inches 

 long, and have in- 

 dented whitish ribs 

 nearly following the 

 general curve of the 



Flowering Dogwood. 



edges ; they turn a rich 

 red in autumn. The bunches of ovoid, bright- 



* They bloom in Massachusetts in late May, and in Texas in 

 March. 



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