BLACK FRUIT 189 



Bog Bilberry (Voccinium nliginosum). Heath family. 

 Ht. 2 ft. or under; spreading; leaves without teeth, 

 inversely egg-shaped or oblong, pale. Fruit berry, 

 sweet, black, with bloom, solitary or two or three 

 on short stalks. Midsummer. 



Fig. 86. 



Black crowberry {Empetrum nigrum). 



Chokeberry (Pyrus arbutifoHa). Rose family. 



Ht. I ft. or over; leaves oblong or inversely lance- 

 shaped, mostly pointed. Fruit (pome) berry-like, 

 pear-shaped or round, dark red or blackish in 

 clusters. 



Bl.\ck Crowberry {Empetrum nigrum). Crowberry 

 family. 

 Low, spreading shrub with delicate stems and 

 linear leaves closely set. Fruit a globular berry. 



