A'HITE 



with a depressed, two-lobed stigma. Fruit. — An oval white berry, with a 

 dark spot, on a thick red stalk, growing in a cluster, which is sometimes a 

 very conspicuous feature of the woods of midsummer. 



The feathery clusters of the white baneberry may be gathered 

 when we go to the woods for the columbine, the wild ginger, 

 the Jack-in-the-pulpit, and Solomon's seal. These flowers are 

 very nearly contemporaneous and seek the same cool shaded 

 nooks, all often being found within a few feet of one another. 



The red baneberry, A. rubra, is a somewhat more northern 

 plant and usually blossoms a week or two earlier. Its cherry-red 

 (occasionally white) berries on their slender stalks are easily dis- 

 tinguished from the white ones o{ A. alda,\w\\\ch. look strikingly 

 like the china eyes that small children occasionally manage to 

 gouge from their dolls' heads. 



RED-BERRIED ELDER. 



Sambuctis racemosa. Honeysuckle Family. 



Stems. — Woody ; two to twelve feet high. Leaves. — Divided into leaflets. 

 Flowers. — White ; resembling those of the common elder, but borne in py- 

 ramidal instead of in flat-topped clusters. Fruit. — Bright red ; berry-like. 



The white pyramids of this elder are found in the rocky 

 woods of May. As early as June one is startled by the vivid 

 clusters of brilliant fruit with which it gleams from its shadowy 

 background. 



BUNCH-BERRY. DWARF CORNEL. 



[PI. XVIII 

 Corniis Canadejisis. Dogwood Family. 



Stem. — Five to seven inches high. Leaves. — Ovate; pointed; the upper 

 crowded into an apparent whorl of four to six. Flcnvers. — Greenish ; small ; 

 in a cluster which is surrounded by a large and showy four-leaved, petal-like 

 white or pinkish involucre. Co /j/jc. — Minutely four-toothed. Corolla. — Of 

 four spreading petals. Stamens. — Four. Pistil. — One. Fruit. — Bright 

 red ; berry-like. 



When one's eye first falls upon the pretty flowers of the 

 bunch-berry in the June woods, the impression is received that 

 each low stem bears upon its summit a single large white blos- 



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