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surfaces show no veining. The tiny plumule is fleshy, pubescent 
with stellate hairs. 
Cornaceae 
Cornus Amomum Mill. Kinnikinnik. See figure 48. 
These seeds were stratified out of doors through the winter; 
Fig. 48. Cornus Amomum. Kinnikinnick. Young seedlings in two stages. Cotyle. 
dons and first pair of leaves shown. Drawn by C. M. King. 
on March 15, 1921, they were planted in the greenhouse. On 
April 1, 1921, the first shoot appeared above ground. 
Hypocotyl reddish; cotelydons foliaceous, oval to elliptical, 1/2 
inch in lengthy green, smooth on both surfaces, pinnately veined. 
Plumule small, pubescent; first pair of leaves slightly pubescent 
on both surfaces, pinnately veined, lanceolate, entire. Petiole 
pubescent. Plumule slightly red; internode green. Aspect dis- 
tinctly characteristic of the dogwood. 
