194 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



3. Plants not over 2 ft. 



Wild Sarsaparilla {Aralia nudicaulis). Ginseng 

 family. 

 Stem I ft. high, with a long-stalked leaf of many 

 pointed leaflets. Fruit on a leafless stem, small, 

 berry-like (drupes), in umbel, color black or dark- 

 purple. Midsummer. 



Larger White Trillium {Trillium grandiflorum) . Lily 

 family. 

 Av. ht. I ft.; leaves (3) egg-shaped, pointed. 

 Fruit a large egg-shaped berry. 



Indian Cucumber-root {Medeola Virginiana). Lily 

 family. 

 Ht. abt. 2 ft.; leaves in 2 whorls, lower (5-9) in- 

 versely egg-lance-shaped, pointed, without stalks; 

 upper (3, occasionally more), egg-shaped. Fruit 

 a few (3-5) purple, or black, berries, clustered on 

 red stalks, at top of stem, seeds 1-3. Early autumn. 



