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MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS 



mon in the Rocky Mountains and frequently cultivated. The snowberry (5*. 

 racemosus) is common in rocky woods, and abundant along river course from 

 Minnesota to Arkansas and westward. 



Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Moench. Indian Currant. Coralberry 



A shrub 2-4 feet high, purplish, usually pubescent, branches ; leaves oval or 

 ovate entire or undulate, nearly glabrous above, pubescent underneath ; flowers 

 in short axillary clusters ; corolla bell-shaped sparingly bearded, pinkish, stamens 

 included; fruit a purplish berry. 



Distribution. Rocky woods and along streams ; from New Jersey, Illinois, 

 Southern Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, Texas to Georgia. 



Poisonous properties. It is suspected of being poisonous, but there is no 

 direct evidence to support this view. 



CAMPANULATAE 



Herbs or rarely shrubs ; corolla gamopetalous ; petals occasionally separate ; 

 stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla ; anthers united ; ovary inferior. 

 It contains the families Cucurbitaceae, Candolleaceae (mostly Australian), and 

 Compositae, this last order including Cichoriaceae, Compositae and Ambrosi- 

 aceae of some authors. 



Families of Campanulatae 



Herbs or rarely shrubs; flowers in an involucrate bead Compositae. 



Flowers not in involucrate heads. 



Flowers monoecious or dioecious, generally vines Cucurbitaceae. 



Flowers perfect Lobeliaceae. 



Fig. 435. Water melon (Cltmllits vulgaris). (W. S. Dudgeon). 



