RED FRUIT 



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8. Fruit clustered, upright shrubs, with thorns. 



Hawthorn' {Crataegus coccinea). Rose family. 



Shrub or small tree; thorns stout, leaves thick and 

 shiny, inversely egg-shaped or lance-shaped. Fruit, 

 axillary, red, in clusters. Late summer. 



Fig. 80. 



False Solomon's seal {Smilacina racemosa). 



CocKSPUR TnoRX {Crataegus Criis-galli). Rose family. 

 Shrub or small tree; thorns slender; leaves thick 

 and shiny, inversely egg-shaped or lance-shaped. 

 Fruit globular, red, in clusters on short side branches. 

 Late summer or autumn. 



Wild Rose. Sweetbrier (/?o5ani^zgmo5a). Rosefamily. 

 Shrub, max. ht. 6 ft.; leaves compound with 

 rounded, doubly toothed leaflets. Fruit oval, resem- 

 bling large berrv (i-| in. or larger) sometimes called 

 "hips." 



Dog Rose {Rosa canina). Rose family. 



Similar but leaflets single toothed, and fruit not 

 over I in. long. 



