LILY FAMILY 



in the variety quadrangular is, the branches and young 

 shoots often four angled. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; ovate; acute or acuminate at the 

 apex; obtuse or heart-shaped at the base; with stalks 

 bent upward and the slender tendrils at their angles 

 curled over; entire; or the margins ragged as if eaten. 



THE FLOWERS: small, in umbels, on axillary stems. 

 THE FRUIT: a small berry, blue-black, with a bloom. 



Not a conspicuous vine, but a most exasperating trailer 

 over wild rose bushes and bayberry, around which it 

 twines affectionately. With its prickles it rends the 

 clothing and tears the skin, and with its tough and un- 

 breakable stem it embraces the waist or scrapes the knee 

 or trips the foot of the persistent one who is eagerly bent 

 on clutching a particularly delectable bunch of wild 

 grapes. And one of the popular names of this obstinate 

 vine is Wait-a-bit! "So far and no farther than I please, 

 shalt thou go," is its motto. 



Four other members of the Lily Family have been 

 reported. 



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