32 WHITE AND GREENISH 



FALSE SOLOMON'S SEAL: False Spikenard: 

 Solomon's Zig-zag. Smilacina racemosa. 



Lily Family. May June. 



A plant 13 feet high. Found in moist woods 

 and borders of woods. Nova Scotia to Geor- 

 gia, westward Minnesota, Arizona and British 

 Columbia. 



FLOWERS White, tiny, in clusters terminating 

 plant stem. Berries first brown- 

 spotted, finally red. 



LEAVES Alternate, with very short stems if any. 



STAR-FLOWERED SOLOMON'S SEAL 



S. stellata. 



Is a much smaller species. 



FLOWERS White, larger and fewer than those of 

 the preceding. Berries black, or green, 

 with black stripes. 

 LEAVES Partly clasping. 



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