VINES AND SHRUBS 



ovate, coarsely and sharply toothed, with prominent, straight 

 veins, somewhat heart-shape at base, pointed at apex, on slen- 

 der petioles. Hairy tufts fill the axils. May and June. 



A tall shrub, 5 to 15 feet high, with grayish bark, common 

 in wet soil from Maine to Georgia, westward to western 

 New York. Fruit a small drupe, blue or black. 



Black Haw. Stag-bush. Sloe 



V, prunifolium, — A shrub or small tree, with flowers in com- 

 pound, sessile cymes, 2 to 4 inches broad. Leaves, small, oval, 

 petioled, finely serrate, lower surface smooth. Fruit, a black, 

 oval drupe, sweet, and edible. 



Found in moist or dry soil from Massachusetts to Florida, 

 westward to Michigan. 



Elder. Elderberry 



Sambucus canadensis. — Family, Honeysuckle. Color, white. 

 Calyx, tubular, with very small teeth. Corolla, urn-shape, with 

 5 spreading lobes at the top. Stamens, 5, joined to the base of 

 the corolla. Stigmas, 3. Flowers, in large, flat cymes on a long 

 peduncle. Fruit, a deep purple drupe. Leaves, compound, with 

 5 to 7 leaflets, pointed, serrate, some 3-divided. Stem, scarcely 

 woody, and young branches filled with pith. June and July. 



A showy plant, with soft, misty flowers, followed by sweet- 

 ish black berries. The berries have medicinal properties, and 

 are made into elderberry wine. When bruised the leaves 

 have an unpleasant odor. Found in wet soil, beside streams, 

 along roadsides, from New England to Florida and west- 

 ward. 



Red-berried Elder 



5. racemosa. — Taller than the last, with warty bark. Flowers, 

 in panicled clusters, small, turning brown when dried. Leaves, 

 pinnate, 5 to 7 leaflets, ovate to lance - shape, finely serrate, 

 petioled, opposite, pointed, the midrib sometimes one side of the 

 middle at base. Fruit, bright red. Stem, filled with brown pith. 

 May. 



Rocky woods and open places, from New England to 

 Florida and westward. Fruit ripe in June. 



One-seeded Bur Cucumber 



Sicyos angulatus. — Family, Gourd. Color, whitish. Flowers, 

 of two kinds, the pistillate in roundish, peduncled heads; stami- 

 nate, in corymbs or clusters from the same leaf-axils on very long 



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