chlnensis?, Natural size, S P.I. No. 40025. 



"Clusters of ripe fruits, growing on a slender, woody 

 vine found between tall scrub on shady places. The car- 

 mine-red berries are of the size of currants and possess 

 a sub-acid, spicy, aromatic taste but the last somewhat too 

 pronounced to make it readily acceptable to the majority 

 of people. The Chinese are very fend of it and claim it 

 has medicinal virtues, being a blood-purif er . The plant 

 deserves to be experimented with as an ornamental cover- 

 vine on shady places. Chinese name "Wu wei tzu;" meaning 

 "fruit of five tastes." Photograph taken at Paoki, Shensi, 

 China, Sept. 12, 1914, by Frank N. Meyer. 



