98 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



Meadow Sweet {Spiraea salicijolia). Rose family. 



Max. ht. 3 ft.; practically without teeth; flowers 

 small in terminal clusters, narrowing at top, white 

 or pinkish, calyx 5-cleft, petals 5 ; leaves oval, 

 with teeth, toothed. Meadows, etc. Late summer. 



62. Same as 59, but flowers not urn- or bell-shaped, nor with 



4 or 5 petals. 



Umbrella-leaf {DiphyUeia cymosa). Barberry family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft.; flowers many, in C3'me; petals 6; 

 stamens 6; one large leaf on a long stem from the 

 base, 2-cleft with lobes deeply toothed, stem- 

 leaves (2) similar but smaller. Woods. Spring, 

 early summer. Penn. and South. 



Bunch Flower (Melanthium Virginicum) . Lilv family. 

 Ht. several ft. ; flowers in cluster narrowing at 

 base; sepals 6, like petals; leaves long and narrow. 

 Wet places. Rhode Island, South and West. 



False Solomon's Seal {Smilacina racemosa). Lily 

 family. 

 Av. ht. 2 ft. ; single stem ending in upright cluster 

 (compound raceme) of small white flowers; peri- 

 anth of 6 divisions; leaves long, pointed, ivith 

 parallel veins. Open woods. Late spring and 

 summer. (See illustration under Red Fruits 7). 



Stout Stenanthemum {Stenanthemum robustum). Lily 

 family. 

 Max. ht. 5 ft. ; flowers in long panicle or raceme at 

 end of stem; 6-divided perianth, divisions pointed, 

 each abt. \ in. long, white and green; leaves long 

 and slender. Moist ground. Summer. Penn., 

 South and West. 



