OF NOVA SCOTIA. PREST. 403 



pea, smooth and tender skinned, pulp colorless, resembling 

 uncooked white of egg, juicy, sweetish, pleasant taste, large cup- 

 shaped hollow in top containing a single hard smooth greenish 

 seed, thus differing from every other Nova Scotian fruit. Ber- 

 ries scattered, growing on main stems rather than on branches. 

 Digestible, but not abundant enough to count on as a food 

 supply in a time of need. 



In cool damp woods and ravines. Resembles a cone-bearing 

 bush and therefore may be passed without notice. Most abun- 

 dant in the western counties. 



o7. Empetrinn nujrum L. Black Crowberr}^, Heath-berry. 



Slender dark-colored spreading vines, many branched, ends 

 erect 2 in. to 4 in. high. Leaves oblong, not pointed, scarcely 

 T% in. long, set thickly along stems. Berries black, size of small 

 peas, juicy, with mild sweetish taste somewhat like sarsaparilla 

 berries, (3 to 9 seeds, palatable, though not of great value as a 

 food. 



In great abundance on dry savannas or undulating open 

 barrens where the soil is thin. Widely distributed throughout 

 Xova Scotia, especiallj^ the eastern part. 



38. Streptopiis rosciis Mx. Rosy-flowered Twisted Stalk. 



Annual, branching stem, 10 in. to 20 in. high, green tender 

 stalk slightly bent at each leaf stalk. Its 2 to 4 branches often 

 assume an umbrella-like form, being curved outwards and 

 drooping at ends. Leaves, long, oval, taper- pointed at both ends, 

 liin. to 3 in. lono- Hcrht g-reen, tender, finely haired, longitudi. 



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nally ribbed, growing close to stems, alternate, 10 to 20 on each 

 plant. Berries oval to almost round, i% in. to i\ in. long, red, 

 smooth-skinned, with pulp like white of egg in appearance, 

 very juicy, with several large white seeds, hanging singly or in 

 twos to thread-like fruit stalks to the number of 8 or 10 on 

 each plant, almost tasteless. 



Proc. & Trans. N. S. Inst. Sci., Vol. XI. Trans. AA. 



