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CANADA BUFFALO-BERRY 



Shepherdia Canadensis. Oleaster Family 



Leaves : ovate or oval, obtuse at the apex, rounded or narrowed at 

 the base, green and sparingly stellate-scurfy above, densely silverv stellalc- 

 scurfy beneath, some of the scurf brown. Flowers : in short spikes at the 

 nodes of the twigs, yellowish, buds globose ; perianth four-iohed. Fruit: 

 oval, drupe-like, red or yellow. 



This shrub somewhat resembles EUcag}ius ar^cutca, but 

 is not nearly so silvery in appearance, the stems bein<; covered 

 with a brown scurf and the leaves bein^^ <,n-een and sli«;hlly 

 brown-scurfy on the top and silver-coated only imderneath. 

 The yellow flowers are small and <;-row in short spikes at the 

 joints of the twigs; the fruit consists of a bright scarlet or 

 yellow berry, the flesh of which is edible, though very insipid, 

 and contains a tiny smooth nut. 



The Canada Buffalo-berry grows from four to eight feet 

 high, usually near water, and when in fruit is extremely 

 ornamental. 



ROUGH-FRUITED DISPORUM 



Dispornni iracJiycarpion. Lib I'amilv 



Leaves : alternate, ovate or oval, acute at the ape.x. rounded at the 

 base, five-to-eleven nerved, sessile. Flowers : terminal, one to three on 

 long pedicels, greenish-white or greenish-yellow : perianth narrowly cam- 

 panulate, its six segments narrowly oblong, acute, little, spreading; sta- 

 mens six, hypogynous: style slender, three-lobed. Fruit: berrv rough- 

 ened, depressed-globose. 



As its name implies, the Kough-truiied Disj^oriun has a 

 berry with a rough coat ; it is apparenih' leather\- rather tlian 

 pulpy, and contains from foiu- to eighteen seeds. This plant 

 is not a real shrub, but is a shrub-like herb with slender 

 rootstocks, and branching stems that are scal\ below anti 

 leafy above. It usuall\- grows in the dense woods and attains 

 an average height of two feet. The lea\es, whith somewhat 



