410 WOODY PLANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
It is sometimes five inches in diameter. It is found from 
Canada to Carolina, and westward to Kentucky. 
Sp. 2. THe Rounp-teaven Cornet. C. circindia. LL’ Héritier. 
A spreading shrub, usually not erect, from four to six, some- 
times eight or ten feet high, with straight, slender, spreading 
branches. Recent shoots green, profusely blotched with purple, 
and verrucose near the leaves; older shoots pale yellowish 
green or purplish, thickly dotted with prominent, wart-like dots, 
or sometimes smooth. Branches opposite, spreading at a large 
angle, yellowish green, blotched and clouded with purple. 
Leaves opposite, nearly round, with an abrupt acumination, 
rather rough, with very deeply impressed veins above, glaucous 
beneath with whitish down, veins very prominent. The lower 
and terminal leaves on the fertile stems, are very large, four or 
five inches long and nearly of the same breadth; the upper 
leaves smaller and less orbicular. Flowers in terminal, open, 
spreading, rounded cymes, on rather short, downy stalks. Pe- 
tals lanceolate or egg-shaped, pointed, white; style short, stout, 
green, persistent, with a capitate stigma. Fruit blue, turning 
toa whitish color. It flowers in May, and its fruit ripens in 
October. 
Found from Canada to the mountains of Virginia. 
Sp. 3. Tue Rep-stsmmep Corner. C. stolonifera. Michaux. 
A handsome plant, conspicuous at all seasons of the year, but 
especially towards the end of winter, for its rich red, almost 
blood-colored stems and shoots. The main stem is usually 
prostrate upon the ground, beneath withered leaves, throwing 
down roots and sending up slender, erect branches. These 
sometimes rise to the height of eight or ten feet, but usually five 
or six. The bark is smooth, of a dark purplish or sangume red, 
sparsely scattered with large, brown, wart-like dots. The leaves 
are large, ovate, rounded at base, suddenly tapering to a short 
point, roughish on both surfaces, whitish beneath. 
The fruit is white or lead-colored. Nuttall says, “'The fruit 
of this species, though bitter and unpalatable, is eaten by the 
