198 WILD FIvOWERS AND FRUITS 



Ground-nut {Aralia trifolia). Ginseng family. 



Ht. few inches; leaves 3 in whorl below fruit, each 

 divided into 3-5 leaflets. Fruit yellow berry, in 

 umbel at end of stem, few seeded. 



Bitter-sweet (Cclastrus scandens). Staff-tree family. 

 Twining shrub; leaves egg-shaped-oblong, with 

 teeth. Fruit rounded, berry-like, curling back 

 finally in 3 divisions when ripe so as to show the 

 red covering of the seeds. Early autumn. 



SPECKLED FRUIT 



Wild Lily-of-the-valley {Maianthemum Canadense). 

 Lily family. 

 Ht. few in.; leaves two or three, long, pointed, 

 heart-shaped at base, without stalks or with very 

 short ones. Fruit finally a red berry (at first only 

 speckled with red) in terminal raceme. 



False Solomon's Seal {Smilacina racemosa). Lily 

 family . 

 Av. ht. 2 ft.; leaves long, pointed, with parallel 

 veins. Fruit a round berry finally dull-red, earlier 

 white, with red speckles; Fruit in a terminal 

 cluster (compound raceme). Early autumn. 



