BERRIES 139 



Ribes nigrum, L. Black Currant. 



tt Berry with one seed only, opaque, scarlet. 



Aucuba japonica, Thunb. Garden Laurel (Fig. 130). 



Viscum album, L. (Fig. 131), with a greenish- white, 

 globular, very viscid, false berry, about 10 12 mm. 

 diameter, also comes here : it has one seed only. 



Fig. 131. Mistletoe, Viscum album. 1, shoot of female plant, bearing 

 flowers and fruit ; 2, group of flowers ; 3, a male flower ; 4, section of 

 flower ; 5, section of fruit (Wo). 



** Berry divided into 2 5 chambers, each 



with one or more seeds. 

 t Berry snow-white, flesh somewhat dry and 

 friable ; two-chambered and two-seeded. 



Symphoricarpos racemosus, Mchx. Snowberry (Fig.132). 

 ft Berry not white, but brilliant red. 

 Berries in pairs, joined at the base. 



Lonicera Xylosteum, L. Fly Honeysuckle. 



Berries not in pairs. 



/~7 Heads of berries sessile in axils of perfoliate 

 leaves. 



