170 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



9. Fruit clustered, upright shrubs, without thorns, leaves opposite. 



Red-berried Elder {Sambucus racemosa). Honey- 

 suckle family. 

 Av. ht. 6-8 ft.; leaflets 5-1 1, toothed, oblong. 

 Fruit (drupe) bright-red, berry-like, in pyramidal 

 terminal cluster. Early summer. 



Hobble-bush (Viburnum lantanoides) . Honeysuckle 

 family. 

 Rather tall shrub; leaves broadly egg-shaped, 

 pointed, finely and sharply toothed. Fruit coral- 

 red, berry-like, in flat terminal clusters. 



Maple-leaved Viburnum. Dockmackie (Viburnum 

 acerijolium). Honeysuckle family. 

 Ht. several ft., straggly growth; leaves of 3 lobes, lobes 

 pointed, irregularly toothed. Fruit (drupe)berry-like, 

 crimson (turning purple) in flat terminal clusters. 



Indian Currant (Symphoricarpos vulgaris). Honey- 

 suckle family. 

 Shrub, max. ht. 5 ft. ; leaves oval, not toothed, 

 blunt-pointed, short-stalked. Fruit a small, ovoid 

 berry, growing in short clusters, practically without 

 stalks, in the axils of the leaves, remaining through 

 the winter; 2 bony nutlets. New Jersey, West 

 and South. 



Flowering Dogwood {Cornus fiorida) . Dogwood family. 

 Shrub or small tree; leaves broadly oval, pointed, 

 stalked. Fruit oval, closely clustered at end of 

 long stalk. Early autumn. 



10. Fruit in clusters, upright shrubs, without thorns, leaves 

 alternate, fruit axillary. 



Mountain Holly {Nemopanihes fascicularis) . Holly 

 family. 

 Shrub, av. ht. 7 ft.; leaves oblong, without teeth 

 or single toothed. Fruit (drupe) coral-red, berry- 

 like, clustered in axils (or solitary), on long slender 

 stalks. Early autumn. 



