104 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



8. Climbing or recumbent, leaves simple. 



CARRION-FLOWER (Smilax herbacea). Lily family. 



Stem smooth; flowers small in close, rounded clus- 

 ters, each with apparently 6 petals; leaves some- 

 what heart-shaped, obtusely pointed. Woods. 

 Early spring, early summer. 



BITTER-SWEET. WAX-WORK (Celastrus scandens). Staff- 

 tree family. 



Twining shrub; small flowers in clusters at ends of 

 branches; leaves egg-shaped oblong, with teeth. 

 Early summer. 



WATER PURSLANE (Ludwigia palustris). Evening 



Primrose family. 



Max. length 15 in.; lying on mud, sometimes in 

 water; flowers solitary in axils, small, somewhat 

 bell-shaped; leaves oval-pointed, short stemmed, 

 J-i in. long. Early summer-autumn. 



See also CLIMBING FALSE BUCKWHEAT (White 44). 



