RED FRUIT 



1. Fruit, solitary or few, terminal. 



CLOUD-BERRY (Rubus chamaemorus) . Rose family. 



Ht. under i ft.; 2-3 leaved; leaves somewhat 

 heart-shaped, lobed and with teeth. Fruit solitary, 

 terminal, consisting of a few grains (drupes), 

 edible. Swamps. 



WAKE-ROBIN (Trillium erectum). Lily family. 



Ht. abt. i ft.; leaves (3) whorled, almost without 

 stalks. Fruit a large, egg-shaped, 6-angled berry. 

 Woods. Late summer. 



2. Fruit, solitary or few, not terminal, plant creeping. 



CRANBERRY (Vaccinium macrocarpori) . Heath family. 

 Stem long and slender; leaves oval, blunt. Fruit 

 a large sour berry. Bogs. Autumn. 



PARTRIDGE-BERRY (Mitchella repens). Madder family. 

 Running; leaves with stalks, egg-shaped, pointed, 

 shining, evergreen. Fruit berries growing in pairs. 



SMALL CRANBERRY (Vaccinium Oxycoccus}. Heath 



family. 



Creeping plant with delicate stems; leaves small, 



evergreen, thick, egg-shaped. Fruit a red berry. 



3. Fruit, solitary or few, not terminal, plant upright. 



WINTERGREEN (Gaultherid procumbens}. Heath family. 

 Ht. few inches; leaves evergreen, oval, obscurely 

 toothed. Fruit pendent, axillary, on short stalks, 

 globular, 5-celled, each cell containing many seeds. 



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