104 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



8. Climbing or recumbent, leaves simple. 



Carrion-flower {Smilax herhacea). Lily family. 



Stem smooth; flowers small in close, rounded clus- 

 ters, each with apparently 6 petals; leaves some- 

 what heart-shaped, obtusely pointed. Woods. 

 Early spring, early summer. 



Bitter-sweet. Wax-work (Celastrus scandens). Staff- 

 tree family. 

 Twining shrub; small flowers in clusters at ends of 

 branches; leaves egg-shaped — oblong, with teeth. 

 Early summer. 



Water Purslane {Ludwigia palusiris). Evening 

 Primrose family. 

 Max. length 15 in.; lying on mud, sometimes in 

 water; flowers solitary in axils, small, somewhat 

 bell-shaped; leaves oval-pointed, short stemmed, 

 ^i in. long. Early summer-autumn. 



See also Climbing False Buckwheat (White 44). 



