28 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



shape ; the stems which bear tlie fruit are very thick, 

 and turn red when the berries are fully ripe. The 

 baneberry is a very familiar object in the moist, rich 

 woods of the White Mountains. 



Black Snakeroot. ^ ^ught not to pass a near relative 



Vimicifuga of the wliitc baneberry, called black 



racemosa. s^^keroot, or bugbane {Chnicifuga 



racemosa). This blooms in summer, and its tall 



Baneberry. 



spikes of fine white flowers appear better than they 

 smell. The Latin name means, to drive away bugs ; 



