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The leaves are 2 to 4 inches long, broadly ovate and 

 heart-shaped, sometimes 3 lobed, smooth above, with 

 a soft gray down underneath. The ripe berries are 

 red, about the size of a small pea, growing in small 

 clusters, containing a hard flat nut which is curved 

 nearly into a ring. 



Moon Seed. (Menispermum Canadense, Linn.) 

 —This is 6 to 12 feet long, and woody only in the 

 lower part. It is the only one of our woody Climb- 

 ers that has the leaf-stalk inserted into the plate of 

 the leaf instead of the lower edge. The berries are 

 black and contain a flat nut, as in the preceding 

 species, curved into the form of a horse shoe. Rare 

 in the Lower District, not uncommon elsewhere. 



Poison Vine. (^Rhus radicans, Linn.)— Now con- 

 sidered by Botanists as only a variety of Poison Oak, 

 but necessarily separated in the arrangement I have 

 adopted. It is the only trifoliate woody Climber we 

 have. Like Poison Oak and Poison Sumach, very 

 poisonous to some people. Common throughout the 

 State. 



The next Group of Climbers, comprising five 

 genera, have their fruit in dry pods. All of the spe- 

 cies are ornamental. 



Trumpet Flower. (Tecoma radicans, Juss.) — 

 This splendid Climber, ascending the loftiest tree, is 

 found from the coast to the lower part of the moun- 

 tains, preferring damp rich soils. Its dark green 

 compound leaves, and scarlet tubular flowers which 



