30 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS 



The fragrant flowers are greenish white and 

 rather inconspicuous, being so nearly the color of 

 the foliage. 



This plant is rare in our section. It occurs 

 in western New York and southward. It is a 

 tree sixty to ninety feet high, with brown bark. 



YELLOW PUCCOON. YELLOW ROOT 



YELLOW INDIAN PAINT. ORANGE 



ROOT. GOLDEN SEAL 



Hydrastis Canadensis Crowfoot Family 



Fruit. — The fruit somewhat resembles a 

 raspberry. It is a small head of one- to two- 

 seeded crimson berries. The head is ovoid and 

 blunt, and the fleshy carpels are tipped with 

 short, curved beaks. 



Leaves. — There is a single roundish root leaf 

 and near the top of the stem are two more 

 rounded leaves. These are five- to seven-lobed, 

 doubly serrate, and heart-shaped at the base. 



Flowers. — The blossoms are borne at the top 

 of the stem. They are greenish white and 

 inconspicuous. The sepals fall when the flower 



