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CANADA BUFFALO-BERRY 



Shepherdia Canadensis. Oleaster Family 



Leaves : ovate or oval, obtuse at the apex, rounded or narrowed at 

 the base, green and sparingly stellate-scurfy above, densely silvery stellate- 

 scurfy beneath, some of the scurf brown. Flowers : in short spikes at the 

 nodes of the twigs, yellowish, buds globose ; perianth four-lobed. Fruit : 

 oval, drupe-like, red or yellow. 



This shrub somewhat resembles Elceagmts argentea^ but 

 is not nearly so silvery in appearance, the stems being covered 

 with a brown scurf and the leaves being green and slightly 

 brown-scurfy on the top and silver-coated only underneath. 

 The yellow flowers are small and grow in short spikes at the 

 joints of the twigs ; the fruit consists of a bright scarlet or 

 yellow berry, the flesh of which is edible, though very insipid, 

 and contains a tiny smooth nut. 



The Canada Buffalo-berry grows from four to eight feet 

 high, usually near water, and when in fruit is extremely 

 ornamental. 



ROUGH-FRUITED DISPORUM 



Disporum trachycarpum. Lily Family 



Leaves : alternate, ovate or oval, acute at the apex, rounded at the 

 base, five-to-eleven nerved, sessile. Flowers : terminal, one to three on 

 long pedicels, greenish-white or greenish-yellow ; perianth narrowly cam- 

 panulate, its six segments narrowly oblong, acute, little, spreading ; sta- 

 mens six, hypogynous ; style slender, three-lobed. Fruit : berry rough- 

 ened, depressed-globose. 



As its name implies, the Rough-fruited Disporum has a 

 berry with a rough coat ; it is apparently leathery rather than 

 pulpy, and contains from four to eighteen seeds. This plant 

 is not a real shrub, but is a shrub-like herb with slender 

 rootstocks, and branching stems that are scaly below and 

 leafy above. It usually grows in the dense woods and attains 

 an average height of two feet. The leaves, which somewhat 



