168 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



BITTER-SWEET (Celastrus 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. 



TRUMPET HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera sempervirens) . 



Honeysuckle family. 



Climbing; leaves oblong, lower with stalks, upper pairs 

 confluent. Fruit red berries at end of stems. Late 

 summer and autumn. 



Fig. 79. 



Jack-in-the- pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum). 



7. Fruit clustered, upright herbs. 



BUNCHBERRY (Cornus Canadensis). Dogwood family. 

 Ht. several in. ; leaves 46 in whorl, egg-shaped or 

 oval, pointed. Fruit (drupe) bright-red, berry-like, 

 clustered at top of stem. Late summer. 



SPIKENARD (Aralia racemosa). Ginseng family. 



Ht. several ft.; leaflets heart-shaped, with double 

 teeth. Fruit red (or dark purple or black), berry- 

 like, small, many in a long cluster. Early autumn. 



FALSE SOLOMON'S SEAL (Smilacinaracemosa} . 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. 



