RED FRUIT 171 



WINTERBERRY (Ilex verticillata) . Holly family. 



Tall shrub; leaves oval or inversely egg-shaped, 

 pointed, toothed. Fruit coral-red berry with black 

 spot (stigma) at top, solitary or few (or clustered) in 

 axils, on very short stalks ; nutlets 4-6. Early autumn. 



CHOKEBERRY (Pyrus arbutifolia) . Rose family. 



lit. i ft. or over; leaves oblong or inversely lance- 

 shaped, mostly pointed. Fruit (pome) berry-like, 

 pear-shaped or round, dark red or blackish. 



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

 alternate, fruit not axillary. 



STAGHORN SUMAC (Rhus typhind). Cashew family. 



Tall shrub or small tree; leaves compound, leaflets 

 11-31, lance-shaped, pointed, toothed. Fruit crim- 

 son, small, globular, hairy, in upright pyramid, 

 closely clustered at top. Late summer. 



PURPLE-FLOWERING RASPBERRY (Rubus odoratus}. Rose 



family. 



Max. ht. 5 ft. ; leaves broad with 3-5 lobes, toothed, 

 middle lobe long. Fruit resembling common 

 raspberry. 



Fig. 8 i. 



Purple- flowering raspberry (Rubus odoratus). 



SPICE-BUSH (Lindera Benzoin}. Laurel family. 



Tall shrub; leaves oblong-inversely-egg-shaped. Fruit 

 (drupe) red, shining, berry-like, pear-shaped, in clus- 

 ters along the branches, on short stalks. Early autumn. 



