88 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



18. Leaves (neither opposite, wanting, nor from root only) simple, 



flowers apparently solitary or few, size of flower 



not over 1 in., plant upright. 



MOUNTAIN HOLLY (Nemopanthes fascicularis) . Holly 



family. 



Shrub, av. ht. 7 ft., bark gray; petals 4-5, oblong- 

 linear; leaves oblong, with stalks, without teeth or 

 slightly toothed. Woods. Spring. 



CANADA VIOLET (Viola Canadensis). Violet family. 



Ht. 1-2 ft.; flowers of the violet, petals white, 

 upper ones violet on under side; leaves heart- 

 shaped. Rich woods. Spring, summer. 



CLOUD-BERRY. BAKED-APPLE BERRY (Rubus Chamae- 



morus). Rose family. 



Ht. under i ft.; 2-3 leaved; flowers (i~i in.) 

 with 5 petals; leaves somewhat heart-shaped, lobed 

 and with teeth. Swamps. 



WINTERGREEN (Gaultheria procumbens). Heath family. 

 Ht. few inches; flowers few, in axils, nodding; 

 corolla urn-shaped, 5-toothed; leaves evergreen, 

 oval, obscurely toothed. Woods. Early summer. 



49. Same as 48, but plant creeping or spreading. 



CREEPING SNOWBERRY (Chiogenes serpylltfolid). Heath 



family. 



Flowers in axils, corolla bell-shaped, 4-cleft; sta- 

 mens 8; leaves small, rounded, evergreen, on short 

 stalks; berry white, round. Bogs and woods. 

 Spring, early summer. 



BOG BILBERRY (Vaccinium uliginosum). Heath family. 

 Ht. 2 ft. or under; spreading; flowers solitary or 

 few, almost without stalks; corolla urn-shaped; 

 leaves without teeth, inversely egg-shaped or oblong, 

 pale. Tops of mountains. Early summer. 



