170 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



9. Fruit clustered, upright shrubs, without thorns, leaves opposite. 



RED-BERRIED ELDER (Sambucus racemosa). Honey- 

 suckle family. 



Av. ht. 6-8 ft.; leaflets 5-11, toothed, oblong. 

 Fruit (drupe) bright-red, berry-like, in pyramidal 

 terminal cluster. Early summer. 



HOBBLE-BUSH (Viburnum lantanoides) . Honeysuckle 



family. 



Rather tall shrub; leaves broadly egg-shaped, 

 pointed, finely and sharply toothed. Fruit coral- 

 red, berry-like, in flat terminal clusters. 



MAPLE-LEAVED VIBURNUM. DOCKMACKIE (Viburnum 



acerifolium) . Honeysuckle family. 

 Ht. several ft., straggly growth; leaves of 3 lobes, lobes 

 pointed, irregularly toothed. Fruit (drupe) berry -like, 

 crimson (turning purple) in flat terminal clusters. 



INDIAN CURRANT (Symphoricarpos vulgaris). Honey- 

 suckle family. 



Shrub, max. ht. 5 ft. ; leaves oval, not toothed, 

 blunt-pointed, short-stalked. Fruit a small, ovoid 

 berry, growing in short clusters, practically without 

 stalks, in the axils of the leaves, remaining through 

 the winter; 2 bony nutlets. New Jersey, West 

 and South. 



FLOWERING DOGWOOD (Cornus florida) . Dogwood family. 

 Shrub or small tree; leaves broadly oval, pointed, 

 stalked. Fruit oval, closely clustered at end of 

 long stalk. Early autumn. 



10. Fruit in clusters, upright shrubs, without thorns, leaves 

 alternate, fruit axillary. 



MOUNTAIN HOLLY (Nemopanthes jascicularis) . Holly 



family. 



Shrub, av. ht. 7 ft.; leaves oblong, without teeth 

 or single toothed. Fruit (drupe) coral-red, berry- 

 like, clustered in axils (or solitary), on long slender 

 stalks. Early autumn. 



