86 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



46. Same as 45, but shrubs and tall herbs. 



Shad-bush {Amelanchier Canadensis). Rose family. 

 Tall; flowers large, in drooping racemes, petals (5) 

 oblong; leaves egg-shaped to oblong, usually 

 somewhat heart-shaped at base, pointed, sharply 

 toothed; fruit a red berry, ripening early. Dry 

 open woods. Early spring. 



Choke Cherry {Prunus Virginiana). Rose family. 



Tall shrub, grayish bark; flowers small, petals (5) 

 rounded; leaves egg-shaped to oblong, obtusely 

 pointed, with fine teeth. Riverbanks, etc. Early 

 spring. 



Leucothoe racemosa. Heath family. 



Tall shrub; flowers in long, onesided, terminal, 

 branching racemes; leaves broadly lance-shaped. 

 Thickets. Spring, earl}^ summer. 



Dangleberry {Gayliissacia frondosa). Heath family. 

 Max. ht. 6 ft.; branches slender and spreading; 

 corolla round-bell-shaped; flowers in loose compound 

 racemes; leaves egg-shaped to oblong, pale, with 

 bloom- beneath. 



Sweet Pepperbush {Clethra alnifolia). Heath family. 

 Tall shrub; terminal upright racemes; flowers 

 fragrant, sepals 5, petals 5, rounded; style long; 

 leaves inversely egg-shaped, toothed. Summer. 



Poke. Garget {Phytolacca decandra). Poke-weed 

 family. 

 Tall, perennial herb, stout, spreading, with red or 

 purple stem; raceme at end, or opposite the leaves; 

 calyx white with 5 rounded sepals like petals; 

 leaves large, pointed, sometimes i //. long. Low 

 ground. Summer. 



Leather-leaf {Cassandra calyculata). Heath family. 

 Rather low shrub, widely branching; flowers urn- 

 shaped, small, in leafy racemes at end of branches; 

 leaves oblong, stiff, evergreen, shiny above. Wet 

 places. Early spring, early summer. 



