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ciated with the white elm and black willow. In our area it rarely 

 attains tree size and is of no economic importance. 



The published records of the distribution are as follows: Clark 

 (Baird and Taylor); Delaware, Jay, Randolph and Wayne (Phinney); 

 Fayette (Hessler); Franklin (Meyncke); Gibson (Schneck); Hamil- 

 ton (Wilson); Jefferson (Barnes) and (Coulter); Kosciusko (Clark); 

 Marion (Douglas); Monroe (Blatchley); Posey (Schneck); Steuben 

 (Bradner); St. Joseph (Rothert); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Vigo 

 (Blatchley). 



Additional records are: Montgomery (Evans); Putnam (Grimes), 

 (MacDougal) and (Wilson); Fulton, Hamilton, Johnson, Laporte, 

 Monroe, Montgomery, Porter, Washington and Wells (Deam). 



3. CYNOXYLON. The Dogwoods. 



(From the Greek, cynos, dog'and xylon, wood). 



Cynoxylon floridum (Linnaeus) Rafinesque. Dogwood. Flower- 

 ing Dogwood. (Cornus florida Linnaeus). Plate 120. Bark of 

 old trees reddish-brown, usually deeply fissured and divided into 

 short oblong scales; twigs slender, round, turning up at the ends; 

 terminal winter buds oblong, covered with two opposite scales, 

 flowering buds sub-globose, grayish, covered with 4 scales which 

 later develop into the flowering bracts; leaves ovate to elliptic, 

 5-14 cm. (2-53^^ inches) long and 3-7 cm. (1/^-2^ inches) wide, 

 taper-pointed at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, margin 

 entire or with a few shallow indentations, more or less hairy both 

 above and below, bright green above, lighter or whitish beneath, 

 turning scarlet in autumn; flowering heads surrounded by an in- 

 volucre of 4 large white or pinkish bracts, the mature bracts ob- 

 ovate, 3-6 cm. (1^-23/^ inches) long, notched and thicker at the 

 apex, the apex is a grayish brown, being the part that encloses the 

 flower buds; flowers small, greenish, appearing in April or May; 

 fruit ripens in September and October, scarlet red, the ovoid drupe 

 about 1 cm. (^ inch) long with a thin acrid pulp and a large 

 elliptic stone; stone pointed at both ends. 



Distribution. Southern Maine, Ontario and southern Minnesota 

 south to Florida and west to Texas. In Indiana it is frequent in 

 all parts of the State that are favorable to its growth. It prefers 

 a moist rich soil and is usually associated with beech, sugar maple 

 and white oak. It is a small tree with a short trunk, usually about 

 7 m. (23 feet) high with a diameter of about 13 cm. (5 inches). 



The pubHshed records of the distribution are as follows: Clark 

 (Baird and Taylor) and (Smith); Daviess (Clements); Dearborn 



