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Popular Studies of California Wild Flowers 



The False Solomon's Seal (Smilacina Amplexicaulis) 



(The true Solomon's Seal does not grow in California. The two plants 

 are related and in Eastern -States are frequently found growing side by side 

 and almost giving the impression of having sprung from the same root. The 

 blossoms of the true Solomon's Seal are small, greenish-white, bell-shaped 

 flowers, nodding in pairs along the stem under the leaves. Its berries when 

 ripened are blue black; ivhile those of its handsomer cousin, the False Solo- 

 mon's Seal, are red.) 



