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WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Twisted-stalk {Streptopus roseus). Lily family. 



Ht. abt. i^ ft.; stem stout, branches with short 

 hairs: leaves egg-shaped, pointing, clasping. Fruit 

 red, an oblong berry, solitary or in pairs, pendant 

 from axils on delicate, bent, stalks. Late summer. 



WiNTERBERRY. Black Alder {Jkx verticHlata) . Holly 

 family . 

 Tall shrub; leaves oval or inversely egg-shaped, 

 pointed, toothed. Fruit coral red berry with black spot 

 (stigma) at top, solitary or few (or clustered) in axils 

 on very short stalks; nuilets 4-6. Early autumn' 



Fig. 77. 



Fig. 78. 



Winterberry {Ilex verHcillatd) . 



Feverwort (Tnosteum perfohaium) . 



Fly Ho'neysvckle (Loniceraciliata). Honeysuckle fam. 

 Shrub, av. ht. 3 ft.; leaves rather sharply pointed, 

 egg-shaped, toothed, opposite. Fruit ovoid berries 

 growing in pairs on the end of stalks from axils. 

 Early summer. 



Feverwort. Horse Gentian {Triosteum perfoliatum). 

 Honeysuckle family. 

 Perennial herb few ft. high, stout stem, leaves 

 opposite, somewhat clasping. Fruit large orange 

 berry in axil of leaf, long calyx-lobes persisting; 

 nuilets 3. Early autumn. 



