The Swedish or Dwarf Cornel. Fig. 1.
Cornus suecica, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 171. Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. i. p. 660.—Tetrandria Monogynia, Linn. Caprifolia, Juss.
A small herbaceous plant with stems from three to five or six inches high, with opposite, ovate, acute leaves, and two branches, between which is the involucrum of four large unequal white leaves, containing an umbel of dark purple flowers. The berry is red, and has a sweetish taste.