BLACK FRUIT 



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Sweet ViRURXUM. Nanny-berry (Viburmmi Lentago). 

 Honeysuckle family. 

 Tall shrub; leaves broadly oval, with sharp points 

 and close pointed teeth; leaf-stalks with margins. 

 Fruit ovoid, at first crimson, then black or dark 

 purple, with crimson and black in same cluster; 

 stig)}ia projecting from tip of fruit; fruit on slender 

 red stalks. Stone flattened, blunt pointed, grooved on 

 both sides. Woods and river banks. Early autumn. 



Maple-leaved Viburnum {Viburnum acerifolium). 

 Honeysuckle family. 

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

 pointed, irregularly toothed. Fruit black drupes in 

 flat cluster at end of branch, oval, slightly flattened, 

 thin pulp, stone rounded, one side with two shallow 

 grooves. Late summer. 



Fig. 8s. 



Involucred fly-honeysuckic {Lonicera involucrala) . 



Involucred Fly-honeysuckle (Lonicera involucrata) . 

 Honeysuckle family. 

 Shrub, 3-6 ft. or over; leaves long, pointed, toothed. 

 Fruit terminal and axillary, few distinct berries 

 close together at end of one stalk, and surrounded 

 by long, pointed leaves (bracts). Woody country. 



