. How to know wild fruits; a guide to plants when not in flower by means of fruit and leaf. ARK PURPLE 221 and the others in pairs, grow on each of thestems. The leaflets are sometimes lobed. Theyare usually heart-shaped and sharply and doublytoothed. The point is long and sharp, and thebase is heart-shaped. The veins on the lowersurface are hairy. Floioers. — The small, greenish, umbelledflowers form long terminal spikes or smallerspikes in the leaf axils. July, August. Along the wooded roadsides, the greenishwhite flowers appear about the time that theGolden-rod begins to blossom. The fruit
. How to know wild fruits; a guide to plants when not in flower by means of fruit and leaf. ARK PURPLE 221 and the others in pairs, grow on each of thestems. The leaflets are sometimes lobed. Theyare usually heart-shaped and sharply and doublytoothed. The point is long and sharp, and thebase is heart-shaped. The veins on the lowersurface are hairy. Floioers. — The small, greenish, umbelledflowers form long terminal spikes or smallerspikes in the leaf axils. July, August. Along the wooded roadsides, the greenishwhite flowers appear about the time that theGolden-rod begins to blossom. The fruit followsin haste; and the plant, with its tiny glassyspheres, is more noticeable than in its period ofbloom. The berries are used as food by birds. Its range is from New Brunswick to Georgiaand west to Minnesota. WILD OR VIRGINIAN SARSAPARILLAAralia nudicaulis Ginseng Family Fruit — The fruit is borne on a naked scape,which is shorter than the leaf stalks. There isusually one large cluster of fruits at the top ofthe scape. This cluster is often composed of 222 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS. Wild Sarsaparilla {Aralia nudicaulis) two small clusters borne on short stems. Fromthis central cluster radiate, on longer stems, one BLACK OR DARK PURPLE 223 or more smaller clusters of fruits. The clustersare compact and globular in appearance. Theblack berrylike drupes composing them areglobular and about the size of peas. At the topof each is visible the opening of the calyx tube,with its minute teeth. Projecting through andbeyond this are the five styles. The drupe isfive-celled, with one nutlet in each cell. Thegreen fruits are ridged, showing the five-celledstructure externally; but when ripe the drupesare nearly smooth. July, August. Leaves.—There is usually one, sometimes thereare two, long stalked, compound leaves. Eachleaf has three divisions of five to seven leafletseach. These are finely toothed and acute at theapex. Floioers. ^— The flowers are greenish white,and are borne in
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