66 CORNACEAE. 



whitish or white, globose; stone variable. Moist soil; June-July; a species 

 frequently reported but is confused with the others 



f | Leaves downy-pvfoescent beneath, sometimes becoming glabrate. 



C. sericea L. Silky Cornel. KinniMnrvik. A shrub 3-10 feet high; branches 

 mostly purplish; branchlets and inflorescence silky-downy; leaves lanceolate, 

 ovate or elliptical, base rounded or acute, glabrous above, white or silky- 

 downy often rusty beneath; cymes broad, flat, compact; calyx-teeth lanceo- 

 late, conspicuous; fruit globose, pale blue; stone oblique, base somewhat 

 pointed. Moist woods; May-July; common. (C. amonum Mill.) 



C. asperifolia Mx. Shrub 4-8 feet high; branches reddish brown, mostly 

 pubescent; branchlets and inflorescence rough-pubescent; leaves narrowly 

 ovate to round-ovate or oblong, more or less acuminate, base acute or obtuse, 

 rough pubescent above, whitish and roughish woolly beneath; cymes loose, 

 broad, often paniculate; calyx-teeth small; petals oblong-lanceolate, white; 

 fruit globose, white; stone slightly furrowed. Low woods; May-June; com- 

 mon. 



C. circinata LTHer. A shrub 4-10 feet high; branches greenish, warty, 

 glabrous; leaves broadly oval, acuminate, white; tomentose beneath; cymes 

 depressed, dense; fruit globose, light blue; stone globose, ridged. Rich 

 woods, May-June; rare; Winneshiek, Fayette, and Cerro Gordo counties, re- 

 ported from Story and Benton counties. 



* * Leaves alternate. 



C. alternifolia L. f. Shrub 8-20 feet high; leaves often clustered at the 

 ends of the branches, oval, acuminate, base narrowed or rounded, hoary 

 beneath; cymes pubescent; fruit globular, blue; stone obovoid. Rocky 

 woods; May-July; rather rare; Fayette, Jackson, Delaware, Muscatine, 

 Henry, and Johnson counties. 



