. How to know wild fruits; a guide to plants when not in flower by means of fruit and leaf. {Euomjmvs atropurpureus)102 BED OR REDDISH PURPLE 103 bright red ariled seed. The fruits grow on long,drooping stems and hang late on the fruit is said to be poisonous. October. Leaves. — The thin leaves are ovate or ellip-tical, pointed at the apex and pointed or bluntat base. They are finely toothed. Floioers. — The dark pnrple flowers grow infew-flowered clusters on drooping stems. In New England this plant appears only as acultivated shrub. In New York, west to Wis-consin and Nebraska,
. How to know wild fruits; a guide to plants when not in flower by means of fruit and leaf. {Euomjmvs atropurpureus)102 BED OR REDDISH PURPLE 103 bright red ariled seed. The fruits grow on long,drooping stems and hang late on the fruit is said to be poisonous. October. Leaves. — The thin leaves are ovate or ellip-tical, pointed at the apex and pointed or bluntat base. They are finely toothed. Floioers. — The dark pnrple flowers grow infew-flowered clusters on drooping stems. In New England this plant appears only as acultivated shrub. In New York, west to Wis-consin and Nebraska, and southward, it is foundalong the wood borders. In Arkansas andIndian Territory it reaches tree size. WAXWORK. SHRUBBY OR CLIMBINGBITTERSWEETCelastrus scandens Staff-tree Family Fiuit. — The yellow or orange berrylikecapsule opens and bends backward its two tothree valves, disclosing the scarlet arils whichsurround the seeds. There are three cells, withone or two brownish oblong seeds in each. Thefruits grow in a loose, spikelike cluster. Sep-tember. 104 MOW TO EyOW WILD FRtflTS. Shrubby or Climbing Bittersweet {Celastrus seandens) Leaves. — The ovate-oblong leaves are usuallypointed at the apex and at the base. They areslightly toothed and alternate in arrangement. BED OB BEDDISH BUBBLE 105 Floioers. — The staminate and pistillateflowers often grow on different plants. Theyform long, loose spikes. June. The fruit of this plant is highly decorative, andif gathered before the capsule opens will developin the house and remain in good conditionthroughout the winter. The woody vine coilsupon itself, and climbs over fences and trees. Ishall never forget the glory which a roadsidenook revealed one bright autumnal day. Thedark Pine and White Birch were growing to-gether, and winding in and out and over bothgleamed the bright berries of the was too beautiful to spoil, and we left itundisturbed. It grows from North Carolinanorthward, but is said to be rare in
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