WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 
narrow, pointed bracts. On account of their white, 
fleecy, geometric design, they have a decidedly lace- 
like appearance. As the fruit ripens, the floral disks 
or umbels curve upward and form a hollowed nest 
or basket-like head. This plant is extremely common 
east of the Mississippi, in fields and waste places, 
from June to September. 
LOW, OR DWARF CORNEL, BUNCHBERRY 
Cérnus canadénsis. Dogwood Family. 
Whatever the Bunchberry lacks in height, it makes 
up for in spread of foliage during the summer, and 
brightness of fruit during the autumn. The single 
slender stalk is four-sided and grooved, and rises from 
three to nine inches in height from a nearly horizontah 
rootstock. ‘The four, five, or six, pointed, broad-oval, 
toothless leaves radiate in a close, flat whorl from the 
tip of the stalk. They are yellowish green in colour 
and their surface is strongly marked with several pairs 
of curving ribs. Frequently one or two opposite pairs 
of these leaves occur on the stalk below the umbrella- 
like top. The curious, solitary flower head is composed 
of a small, dense, flat cluster of tiny, greenish florets, 
each of which has four spreading petals and an equal 
number of stamens. Four large, greenish white, 
rounded, petal-like leaflets surround the cluster, and 
at a glance the arrangement appears like a single large 
flower with a greenish centre. The flowers are borne 
on the tip of a slender stem an inch or so above the 
centre of the leaves. ‘The rather large, scarlet berries 
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