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Partridge-berry. Mitchella repeni^. 



Twin-berry. 



Fox-berry. 



Box-berry. 



Two-eye-berry. 



Found in June, in diy woods, about the roots of pine trees. 



This little running vine, 4 to 10 inches in length, is smooth and 

 slender, leafy and occasionally branching. In coloi', a pale green or 

 dark bronze-green. 



The leaf is small, round-oval, widest at the base, thin but tough of 

 texture, ^vith a smooth surface that shines when new-grown ; the 

 margin is entire, and the midrib important. The young leaves are a 

 bright cool green, lighter underneath ; the older growths become dark 

 and bluish green, the ribs and veins marking them with a light tracery. 

 The leaves, on short stems, are arranged in pairs. 



The corolla, in the shape of a slender tube spreading into 4 points, 

 is covered thickly in the inside with cottony down, while the outside is 

 smooth ; the color is creamy-white, the outside delicately tinted creamy- 

 pink. The little green calyx is 4-parted. The flowers bloom in pairs, 

 their seed-boxes united and set on a single stem, placed terminally. 

 The buds are pink. 



Two kinds of flowers are borne on this plant, in one the 4 stamens 

 protrude from the tube and the pistil does not show, in the other the 

 2-parted pistil is very noticeable and the stamens are retired. The de- 

 licious fragrance of the blossoms perfumes the whole woods where it 

 grows. The small oval beriy with its two openings is loved by 

 children, because it is of a light coral-i-ed color, and edible, though 

 rather tasteless. 



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