WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 65 



Rough Bedstraw {Galium asprellum). Madder family. 

 Length 2-7 ft.; flowers as above; corolla 4- (some- 

 times 3-) parted; leaves in whorls of 5-6; stem 

 square, prickly backwards. Moist ground. Summer. 



12. Leaves whorled, flowers solitary, 3 petals. 



Larger White Trillium {Trillium grandiflorum) . 

 Lily family. 

 Av. ht. I ft. ; flowers on erect stalks with 3 large 

 petals; leaves (3) egg-shaped, pointed. Rich 

 woods. Early spring-early summer. 



Nodding Trillium {Trillium cernuum). Lily family. 

 Similar but smaller flowers, with petals white or 

 pink, on curved stalk. 



Paixted Trillium {Trillium erythrocarpum). Lily family. 

 Similar, also with smaller flowers, white petals with 

 purple stripes. 



13. Leaves whorled, flowers solitary, apparently 4 petals. 



BuxcHBERRY {Conius Canadensis). Dogwood family. 

 Ht. 4-8 in.; real flowers small, greenish, in a head 

 about which is an involucre of white leaves like 

 petals; leaves 4-6 in whorl, egg-shaped or oval, 

 pointed. Damp woods. Early summer. 



15. Flowers solitary, other than 3, or than apparently 4, petals. 



Wood Anemone {Anemone nemorosa) . Crowfoot family. 

 Lovu plant; flowers rather large with 4-9 sepals 

 resembling petals; no corolla; leaves at base on 

 long stalks, leaves (3) below flower, 3-5 parted. 

 Woods. Early spring. 



Star-flower {Trientalis Americana). Primrose family. 

 Low plant; flower on slender stalk; calyx mostly 

 7-parted; corolla mostly 7-parted, spreading, flat; 

 leaves (5-10) whorled at top of stem, lance-shaped, 

 tapering. Spring, early summer. 



