4. C. serícea, L. (SILKY CORNEL. KINNIKINNIK.) Shrub 3--10° high; _branches purplish; the branchlets, stalks, and lower surface of the narrowly ovate or elliptical pointed leaves silky-downy_ (often rusty), pale and dull; cymes flat, close; calyx-teeth lanceolate; _fruit pale blue_.--Wet places, Canada to Dak., south to Fla. and La. June. 5. C. asperifòlia, Michx. _Branches brownish; the branchlets, etc., rough-pubescent; leaves oblong or ovate_, on short petioles, pointed, _rough_ with a harsh pubescence _above, and downy beneath_; calyx-teeth minute; fruit white. (C. Drummondii, _Mey._)--Dry or sandy soil, N. shore of L. Erie to Minn. and the Gulf. May, June. A rather tall shrub. [*][*] _Pubescence closely appressed, straight and silky, or none._ 6. C. stolonífera, Michx. (RED-OSIER DOGWOOD.) _Branches, especially the osier-like shoots_ of the season, _bright red-purple, smooth; leaves ovate_, rounded at base, abruptly short-pointed, roughish with a minute close pubescence on both sides, _whitish underneath_; cymes small and flat, rather few-flowered, smooth; _fruit white or lead-color_.--Wet places; common, especially northward. Multiplies freely by prostrate or subterranean suckers, and forms broad clumps, 3--6° high. June. 7. C. strícta, Lam. (STIFF CORNEL.) A shrub 8--15° high; branches brownish or reddish, smooth; _leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate_, taper-pointed, acutish at base, _glabrous, of nearly the same hue both sides; cymes loose, flattish_; _anthers and fruit pale blue_.--Swamps, Va. to Ga. and Fla. April, May. 8. C. paniculàta, L'Her. (PANICLED CORNEL.) Shrub 4--8° high, much branched; _branches gray, smooth; leaves ovate-lanceolate_, taper-pointed, acute at base, _whitish beneath_ but not downy; _cymes convex, loose_, often panicled; _fruit white_, depressed-globose.--Thickets and river-banks. June. 9. C. alternifòlia, L. f. Shrub or tree 8--25° high; _branches greenish streaked with white, the alternate leaves clustered at the ends_, ovate or oval, long-pointed, acute at base, whitish and minutely pubescent beneath; cymes very broad and open; _fruit deep blue_ on reddish stalks.--Hillsides in copses, N. Brunswick to Minn., south to Ga. and Ala. May, June. 2. NÝSSA, L. TUPELO. PEPPERIDGE. SOUR-GUM TREE.