DOGWOOD FAMILY. 



COENACEtE. 



Bunch-berry. Cornus Canadensis. 



Dwarf Cornel. 



Found in moist woods in May and June. 



A small plant from 5 to 7 inches Mgh, with a strong fibred, 4- 

 angled, and deeply grooved, pale green stalk. 



The broad oval leaf, tapering at both ends, has many deeply- 

 marked ribs ; it has a smooth surface, and is of a yellowish-green color. 

 The leaves are set close on the stalk, in a whorl-like cluster of 4 or 6 ; 

 occasionally a second group occurs below this. 



The real flowers are small, and many ; bunched together in a close, 

 flat cluster, which is surrounded by 4 large, greenish-white, petal-like 

 leaves, giving the semblance of a single large flower, rising, on a small 

 foot-stem, above the leaves. 



The seeds of this little plant take the form of a bunch of brilliant 

 sealing-wax-red berries, set in the center of the greenery, and nodding 

 on the stem with their own weight. 



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