146 BOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS 



The whorls are more or less imperfect, owing to 

 the nondevelopment of some of the berries. 

 The cluster is borne on a short terminal stem. 

 Each fruit is several-seeded and has persistent 

 calyx teeth at the summit. The berries are 

 without stems. They vary in color from orange 

 to red, the red ones being the ripest. They are 

 covered with a bloom. The pulp is similar in 

 color to the skin. The berry is translucent. 

 July, August. 



Leaves. — The leaves are mostly oblong and 

 from two to three inches in length. The bases 

 of the one to four upper pairs are united. 

 The leaves not united by their bases are stemless. 

 The terminal pair varies in shape from oblong 

 to oval, and with its rich green coloring forms a 

 most attractive setting for the bright berry 

 cluster which it surrounds. The leaf margins 

 are entire and the under surface is whitened. 



Flowers. — The flowers grow in terminal 

 clusters. They are greenish yellow, sometimes 

 tinged with red. The tube expands into two 

 lips, the lower one narrowed and the upper one 

 broader and four-lobed. The inside of the tube, 

 the style, and the bases of the filaments are 

 hairy. 



