. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. PLATE CXVII. ALTERNATE-LEAVED DOGWOOD 1. A flowering branch, x J. •2. A fruiting branch, x }. 3. A winter twig, natural size. 4. Terminal section of a winter twig, enlarged. 211 ALTERNATE-LEAVED DOGWOOD Comus altemifolia, Linnaeus FOEM—A gmaU tree nsually about 10-20 ft. high but may reach a height of 30 ft. with a diameter of 8 inches. Trunk is Aort. Crown broad, deep, flat-topped, and denae. BARK—-Rather thin; on younger stems greenish streaked with white, and smooth; on older stems reddish-brown and roughened by
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. PLATE CXVII. ALTERNATE-LEAVED DOGWOOD 1. A flowering branch, x J. •2. A fruiting branch, x }. 3. A winter twig, natural size. 4. Terminal section of a winter twig, enlarged. 211 ALTERNATE-LEAVED DOGWOOD Comus altemifolia, Linnaeus FOEM—A gmaU tree nsually about 10-20 ft. high but may reach a height of 30 ft. with a diameter of 8 inches. Trunk is Aort. Crown broad, deep, flat-topped, and denae. BARK—-Rather thin; on younger stems greenish streaked with white, and smooth; on older stems reddish-brown and roughened by shallow longitudinal fissures which are sometimes joined transversely. TWIGS—Alternate, rather slender and flexible, smooth, often glossy, at first reddlsh-grreen, later dark green and often striped with white; bitter to the taste and emitting an offensive smell if punctured; maiked with leaf-scars and scattered lenticels. BX7D8—Alternate, rarely opposite, oval, sharp-pointed, covered with a few, usually 2-3 chest- nut-brown scales. Outer scales are often separated towards apex. LEAVES Alternate, sometimes opposite, sln4>Ie, frequently clustered at end of branches, 3-5 inches long, 2-8 Inches wide, ovate, acuminate at apex, wedge-shaped at base, entire or wavy on margin, bright green above, usually almost white downy below. LEAF-SOARS—Alternate, sometimes opposite, situated on extensions of the twigs, with their surfaces often at right angles to twigs; in outline resembles the moon in first quarter and contain 8 bundle-scars. FLOWERS—Appear about April. Cream-colored, i>erfect, borne in many-flowered terminal cymes. FRVIT—^A dark blue spherical drupe, i of an inch in diameter, tipped with remnants of the style, borne in cymes. Ripens in October. WOOI>—About the same as the flowering dogwood, but no uses of it are reported. DISTIKOUISHIVG CHARACTERISTICS—The Alternate-leaved Dogwood, also known as Blue- Dogwood, Purple Dogwood, Green Osier, and Pige
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