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Title: How to know wild fruits; a guide to plants when not in flower by means of fruit and leaf
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Peterson, Maude Gridley, b. 1871
Subjects: Plants Fruit Leaves
Publisher: New York, Macmillan
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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False Lily-of-the-Vallex (Unifolium Canadense)15 16 HOW TO KNOW WILD FBUITS HAIRY DISPORUMDisporum lanuginosum Lily-of-the-Valley Family Fruit, — The red berry is oblong or ovoid,and is pointed at the top. It is pulpy, three-celled, and three- to six-seeded. It is usuallysingle, on a terminal stem. Leaves. — The ovate-oblong leaves are taper-pointed, somewhat rounded at the base, andstemless. They are downy beneath. Flowers. — The greenish yellow, lilylike,drooping flowers grow on terminal, slenderstems. May. The Disporum is a low, pubescent plant, witherect, somewhat branched stems. The rootstockis creeping. Disjyoruin means double seed, inreference to the two ovules in each cell of theovary. It is found in rich woods from Ontaria towestern New York, Tennessee, and Georgia. CLASPING-LEAVED TWISTED STALKStreptopus amplexifolius Lily-of-the-Valley Family Fruit. — The red, globose, or oval berries arethree-celled, with many seeds, arranged in two
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Clasping-leaved Twisted Stalk (Streptopus ampIexifoUus)17 18 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS rows, in each cell. The berries are usuallysolitary and grow on sharply bent peduncleswhich spring from the leaf axils. August. Leaves. — The ovate, light green leaves aretaper-pointed, heart-shaped, and clasping at thebase, and are very smooth. Flowers. — The greenish white flowers arealmost hidden beneath the leaves. June. The Twisted Stalks somewhat resemble the Sol-omons Seal. They are, however, more branched.Streptopus is Greek, meaning twisted foot orstalk, in reference to the bent peduncles. Theplant is quite generally distributed over theparts of America north of North Carolina, Ohio,Michigan, and New Mexico. SESSILE-LEAVED TWISTED STALKstreptopus roseus Lily-of-the-Valley Family Fruit.—The fruit is a globose red berry, simi-lar to that of the preceding. This species is distinguished by: — Lack of bloom on the under leaf surfaces. Hairy leaf margins. Purplish pink flowers. BED OR REDDI

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