. How to know wild fruits; a guide to plants when not in flower by means of fruit and leaf. Benzoin)39 40 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS bruised, have an aromatic odor which, to some,is very disagreeable. It belongs to a familywhich includes such plants as the Camphor andCinnamon. Its home is in damp woods. NorthCarolina, Tennessee, and Kansas limit its south-ern range. HAWTHORN OR NORTHERN GOOSE-BERRYRibes ozyacanthoides Gooseberry Family Fruit. — The reddish purple berry is round orround-ovoid, smooth, and covered with a bloom.Like the other species, it keeps the dried calyxat the summit, and has s
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. How to know wild fruits; a guide to plants when not in flower by means of fruit and leaf. Benzoin)39 40 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS bruised, have an aromatic odor which, to some, is very disagreeable. It belongs to a familywhich includes such plants as the Camphor andCinnamon. Its home is in damp woods. NorthCarolina, Tennessee, and Kansas limit its south-ern range. HAWTHORN OR NORTHERN GOOSE-BERRYRibes ozyacanthoides Gooseberry Family Fruit. — The reddish purple berry is round orround-ovoid, smooth, and covered with a bloom.Like the other species, it keeps the dried calyxat the summit, and has similar seeds. July, August. Leaves. — The leaves are deeply three- to five-lobed, Avith the lobes toothed and cut. The baseof the leaf is heart-shaped or wedge-shaped. Flowers, — The greenish or purplish flowersgrow in few-flowered clusters, on short pedicels. This is a low, usually smooth, shrub, withcrooked or reclined branches. When pricklesoccur, they are scattered, and the spines, if any, grow singly or in threes. The plant grows inwet woods as far south as New Jersey and west. Hawthorn Gooseberry {Rihes oxyacanthoides)41 42 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS from Newfoundland to Northwest Territory andBritish Cohimbia. It is also found in the RockyMountains as far south as Utah and Colorado. EASTERN WILD GOOSEBERRYRibes rotundifolium Gooseberry Family Fruit. — The small, purplish, globose berry isfree from prickles and delicious in flavor. It isborne on a slender, smooth stem and bears themark of the calyx at the tip. The gelatinous-covered seeds are suspended in a pulpy mass. Leaves. — The small, roundish leaves arethree- or five-lobed, with short and blunt di-visions. The pubescence is slight if any, andthe leaf is shining above. Flowers. — The flowers are greenish, with thelobes sometimes a dull purple. They grow on ashort two- or three-flowered stem. This is a shrub three or four feet high. Thebranches are spreading, with short, usuallysingle, spines. The stems are smo