94 FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS 



inconspicuous but an interesting little plant. It is sometimes 

 placed in the same order {Araliazeoe.) as the Ivy, while some 

 botanists regard it as belonging to the Honeysuckle family (order 

 Caprifoliacce). It has a scaly, creeping, thick, underground stem or 



The Strawberry-leaved Cinquefoil. 



rhizome, and a four-angled aerial stem ; and the whole plant emits 

 the scent of musk. The flowers are small, of a yellowish -green colour, 

 and are clustered together into five -flowered, terminal heads. The 

 petals are spreading, the stamens four or five in number, and the fruit 

 is berry-like, with one-seeded chambers. The plant is only four or 

 five inches in height, and though not common, may be found in 

 shady places in many parts. It flowers during April and May. 



The White or Red-berried Bryony {Bryonia dioica) is a very 

 common hedgerow climber, the only British representative of its 



