186 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



2. Trailing, climbing, leaves simple. 



MOONSEED (Menispermum Canadense] . Moonseed family. 

 A climber; leaves broad, with delicate stalks, 

 3- to 7 -angled or lobed, shield-formed with stalk at- 

 tached to under surface. Fruit (drupe) berry-like, 

 black, with bloom, in loose clusters. Early autumn. 



CARRION-FLOWER (Smilax herbaced). Lily family. 



Stem smooth; leaves somewhat heart-shaped, ob- 

 tusely pointed. Fruit black berry, with bloom, 

 round and flat, in close round clusters on long 

 stalks. Late summer. 



GLAUCOUS-LEAVED GREENBRIER (Smilax glaucd). 



Smilax family. 



Long vine, climbing by tendrils, sometimes with 

 prickles; leaves oval, white underneath. Fruit in 

 umbel on flat stalks from axils, seeds 1-3. Early 

 autumn. 



GREENBRIER (Smilax rotundifolid) . Smilax family. 

 Stem yellow-green with prickles, branches more or 

 less 4-sided; leaves pointed, with base round or 

 heart-shaped, green above and below. Fruit same as 

 above. Moist ground. Earry autumn. 



3. Plants over 3 ft., leaves opposite. 



BLACK HAW (Viburnum prunifolium] . Honeysuckle 



family. 



Tall shrub or small tree; leaves short stemmed, 

 oval, obtusely pointed, fine-toothed. Fruit (drupe) 

 berry-like, oval (black or with bluish bloom), in 

 terminal clusters. Early autumn. 



WITHE-ROD (Viburnum cassinoides] . Honeysuckle 



family. 



Rather tall shrub; leaves oval or pointed, with 



fine rounded teeth, or without teeth. Fruit (drupe) 

 berry-like, round or ovoid, dark blue or blackish 



(at first pink), different colors in same cluster. 

 Late summer. 



