198 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



GROUND-NUT (Aralia trifolia). Ginseng family. 



Ht. few inches; leaves 3 in whorl below fruit, each 

 divided into 3-5 leaflets. Fruit yellow berry, in 

 umbel at end of stem, few seeded. 



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. 



SPECKLED FRUIT 



WILD LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY (Maianthemum Canadense). 



Lily family. 



Ht. few in. ; leaves two or three, long, pointed, 

 heart-shaped at base, without stalks or with very 

 short ones. Fruit finally a red berry (at first only 

 speckled with red) in terminal raceme. 



FALSE SOLOMON'S SEAL (Smilacina racemosa). 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. 



