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WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Indian Currant {Symphoricarpos vulgaris). Honey- 

 suckle family. 

 Shrub, max. ht. 5 ft.; stems upright; flowers small, 

 bell-shaped, hairy inside, in close axillary clusters, 

 practically without stalks; leaves oval, not toothed, 

 blunt-pointed, short-stalked. Summer. New Jer- 

 sey, South and West. 



Spreading Dogbane (Apocymim androsaemifolinm). 

 Dogbane family. 

 Ht. few ft. ; branching; flowers in loose spreading 

 cymes with short stalks; corolla hell-shaped with 

 (5) lobes rolled back; leaves egg-shaped, with 

 stalks, pointed. Roadsides. Common. Early 

 summer. 



Fig. 59. 



Spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium). 



Swamp Valerian (Valeriana sylvatica). Valerian 



family. 



Ht. 1-2 ft. or over; flowers in terminal cluster; 



corolla somewhat bell-shaped, 5-lobed; leaves of 



5-1 1 leaflets, lance-shaped, sparseh" toothed. Damp 



See 



ground. Early summer. 



also Motherwort (Purple 4), and Turtlehead 

 (White 7). 



