WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 



rich, cool woods from Quebec to Alabama, Minne- 

 sota, Nebraska, and Missouri. 



SANICLE. BLACK SNAKEROOT 



Samcula marilandica. Carrot Family. 



From the Rocky Mountains eastward to Newfound- 

 land and Georgia, this common and well-known herb 

 raises its stout, smooth, hollow, usually simple and 

 swaying stalk from one and a half to four feet in height. 

 The firm, smooth, dark, or bluish green leaves are com- 

 pounded of from five to seven palmate or spreading, 

 long lance-shaped leaflets with their margins irregularly 

 notched and toothed. The upper ones clasp the stalk 

 and the lower ones are set on long stems. The tiny, 

 pale, greenish yellow flowers have five petals that curve 

 inward at first and cover the five stamens. Later they 

 unfold and expose their charge. The flowers are both 

 staminate and pistillate, and are found together in the 

 same cluster. They are gathered in a rounding head 

 and from two to four of these heads are borne in a loose 

 terminal umbel. The small, cone-shaped fruit, or burr, 

 is covered with numerous hooked bristles, and is usually 

 tipped with two recurving styles. The fibrous aromatic 

 root has been used for nervousness and fevers. Sanicle 

 blooms from May to July, in rich, moist woods 



SWEET CICELY 



Osmorhiza longtstylis. Carrot Family. 



This species is a perennial herb having large, thick, 

 clustered, edible roots that are regularly sought by 



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