2io A NATURALIST IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION 



(Fig. 122), red and white baneberry, Solomon's seal, waterleaf, 

 sweet cicely, clearweed (Pilea pumila) , bedstraw, ginseng, touch- 

 me-not. Certain kinds of ferns are very characteristic of such 

 woods, and the many sorts that grow are here noted for their 



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FIGS. 266-271: Fig. 266. Green dragon, A risaema dracontium; Fig. 267. 

 Baneberry, Actaea alba; Fig. 268. Waterleaf, Hydrophyttum virginianum; Fig. 

 269. Sweet cicely, Osmorhiza Claytoni; Fig. 270. Clearweed, Pilea pumila 

 Fig. 271. Bedstraw, Galium aparine. 



luxuriance. The beech fern (Fig. 274), maidenhair (Fig. 275), 

 wood spleenwort (Fig. 276), pale wood fern (Fig. 277), Christ- 

 mas fern (Fig. 278), lady fern (Fig. 279), margined fern (Fig. 280), 

 florists' fern (Fig. 281), and ostrich fern (Fig. 282) are among the 



