

206 Cornaceae 



nate with the petals; styles exserted, deep 

 purple; fruit globose, J of an inch in diameter 

 in a close head ; bright red. 



Common throughout the region in moist 

 woods flowering in early summer. 



Coraus Shrub 3-16 feet high, usually 



stolonifera stoloniferous, the twigs smooth 



Michx. and bright reddish-purple or 



Red " the youngest finely hairy. 



stemmed , .. 1 . 1 



Do wood Leaves slender-petioled, ovate, 

 ovate-lanceolate or oval, acute 

 or short acuminate, rounded or narrowed 

 at the base, finely close-hairy above, white 

 or whitish and sparingly hairy beneath or 

 sometimes smooth on both surfaces, 1-5 

 inches long. Flowers in flat-topped cymes, 

 1-2 inches broad, petals white, less than J 

 of an inch long; berries white or whitish. 



In moist places and along streams and 

 river banks throughout the region ; an attrac- 

 tive shrub, sometimes forming thickets of 

 considerable size, the red stems contrasting 

 beautifully with the dark green leaves; flow- 

 ering in June. 



