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  FAMILY 
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  1. 
  S. 
  herbacea 
  L. 
  CARRION 
  FLOWER. 
  Stem 
  herbaceous, 
  erect, 
  

   simple 
  or 
  branched, 
  not 
  prickly, 
  1-3 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  few, 
  ovate, 
  

   acute, 
  and 
  mucronate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  somewhat 
  heart-shaped 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  5-7 
  -nerved, 
  thin, 
  smooth 
  above, 
  downy 
  below, 
  the 
  upper 
  some- 
  

   times 
  whorled 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  bract-like; 
  petiole 
  short. 
  Peduncles 
  aa 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  leaves, 
  growing 
  from 
  below 
  the 
  petiole. 
  Umbel 
  many- 
  

   flowered, 
  flowers 
  carrion-scented. 
  Berry 
  blue-black, 
  2-4-seeded. 
  Dry, 
  

   fertile 
  soil.* 
  

  

  2. 
  S. 
  Waited 
  Pursh. 
  GREEN-BRIER. 
  Stem 
  low, 
  with 
  few 
  prickles, 
  

   2-5 
  ft. 
  long 
  ; 
  branches 
  slightly 
  4-angled, 
  unarmed. 
  Leaves 
  oblong- 
  

   lanceolate 
  to 
  oval, 
  obtuse 
  or 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  rounded 
  or 
  cordate 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  5-ribbed, 
  smooth. 
  Peduncles 
  flattened, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  petioles 
  and 
  pedicels. 
  Berry 
  bright 
  red, 
  ripening 
  the 
  first 
  year. 
  

   Wet 
  pine 
  barrens.* 
  

  

  3. 
  S. 
  rotundifolia 
  L. 
  GREEN-BRIER, 
  CAT-BRIER, 
  DOG-BRIER, 
  

   HORSE-BRIER, 
  WAIT-A-BIT. 
  Stem 
  green, 
  strong; 
  branchlets, 
  and 
  

   sometimes 
  the 
  branches, 
  4-angled, 
  armed 
  with 
  stout 
  hooked 
  prickles. 
  

   Leaves 
  ovate 
  or 
  round-ovate, 
  with 
  a 
  slightly 
  heart-shaped 
  base 
  and 
  

   an 
  abruptly 
  pointed 
  tip. 
  Berries 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  bloom. 
  Thickets, 
  the 
  

   commonest 
  species 
  N. 
  E. 
  

  

  4. 
  S. 
  glauca 
  Walt. 
  GREEN-BRIER. 
  Stem 
  cylindrical, 
  slender, 
  

   with 
  scattered 
  prickles, 
  branches 
  angled 
  and 
  usually 
  without 
  prickles. 
  

   Leaves 
  ovate 
  or 
  subcordate, 
  pointed 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  mostly 
  5-nerved, 
  

   smooth, 
  white 
  beneath, 
  with 
  a 
  bloom, 
  margin 
  entire. 
  Peduncle 
  flat- 
  

   tened, 
  2-3 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  petiole, 
  few-flowered. 
  Berry 
  black, 
  

   3-seeded. 
  Margin 
  of 
  swamps.* 
  

  

  5. 
  S. 
  Bona-nox 
  L. 
  BAMBOO 
  VINE. 
  Stem 
  stout, 
  cylindrical 
  or 
  

   slightly 
  angled, 
  scurfy 
  when 
  young, 
  armed 
  with 
  numerous 
  stout 
  

   prickles. 
  Branches 
  4-angled, 
  usually 
  unarmed. 
  Leaves 
  triangular, 
  

   ovate, 
  or 
  often 
  halberd-shaped, 
  5-7-ribbed, 
  smooth 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  

   and 
  often 
  discolored 
  ; 
  margins 
  usually 
  fringed 
  with 
  fine 
  prickles. 
  

   Peduncles 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  petioles, 
  flattened. 
  Umbels 
  many- 
  

   flowered; 
  pedicels 
  short. 
  Berries 
  8-20 
  in 
  a 
  cluster, 
  black, 
  1 
  -seeded. 
  

   In 
  swamps 
  and 
  thickets.* 
  

  

  11. 
  AMARYLLIDACE.ffi. 
  AMARYLLIS 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Mostly 
  smooth 
  perennial 
  herbs, 
  from 
  bulbs. 
  Leaves 
  basal, 
  

   with 
  no 
  distinction 
  between 
  petiole 
  and 
  blade. 
  Flowers 
  borne 
  

   on 
  a 
  scape, 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  actinomorphic. 
  Stamens 
  6. 
  Style 
  1. 
  

   Limb 
  of 
  the 
  6-parted, 
  corolla-like 
  perianth 
  epigynous. 
  Ovary 
  

   3 
  celled. 
  Capsule 
  3-celled, 
  several-many-seeded. 
  

  

  