BLUE 257 



YELLOW CLINTONIA 



Clintonia borealis Lily-of-the- Valley Family 



Fruit. — The ovoid berry is almost a pure blue 

 in color. It is many-seeded. The umbel of 

 fruit grows at the top of an erect stem. August. 



Leaves. — There are two to four shiny, oval or 

 oblong, light green leaves, with their stalks act- 

 ing as a sheath for the base of the scape. 



Floivers. — The three to six, greenish, droop- 

 ing flowers grow at the summit of the scape. 

 May, June. 



The plant is named in honor of De Witt 

 Clinton, who was a governor of New York State 

 and a naturalist. It grows from six inches to 

 a foot in height. The rootstock is slender and 

 creeping. 



It is found in woods from Labrador to North 

 Carolina. Its western limit is Minnesota. 



BLUE COHOSH. PAPOOSE ROOT 



Caulophyllum thalictroides Barberry Family 



Fruit. — The fruit resembles a drupe, but is a 

 naked seed with the outer coat fleshy. There 



