320 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS 



Leaves. — The ovate-lanceolate leaves are 

 opposite and entire. Tlie petioles are short, the 

 tip pointed, and the base acute. The under 

 surface is whitish but smooth. 



Floioers. — The perfect white blossoms grow 

 in loosely flowered cymes. May, June. 



Cornus candidissima is distinguished from our 

 other white-fruited Dogwood, Cornus stolonifera, 

 by its gray branches and its imperfectly convex 

 flower and fruit cluster. It is a much-branched 

 shrub, growing in thickets and along streams. 

 It extends south to North Carolina and west to 

 Minnesota. 



CREEPING SNOWBERRY 



Chiogenes hispidula Chiogenes serpyllifolia 



Huckleberry Family 



Fruit. — The shining, white, globose or oval 

 berry is solitary in the leaf axil. The calyx 

 teeth are present near the apex, and the berry 

 is often bristly. It is small, four-celled, many- 

 seeded, mealy, and aromatic, having much the 

 flavor of Sweet Birch. August, September. 



Leaves. — The evergreen leaves are a dark 

 olive green, with stiff brownish bristles on the 



