YELLOW AND ORANGE 181 



INDIAN POKE; AMERICAN WHITE HEL- 

 LEBORE: Itch-weed. Veratrum viride. 



Lily Family. Apr. June. 



A plant 2-7 feet high, poisonous throughout; 

 found in low, wet places. Canada to British 

 Columbia, south to Georgia, Tennessee, Min- 

 nesota. 



FLOWERS Very small, forming a large, terminal, 

 yellow-green cluster. 



LEAVES Large, broad, with an uneven surface, 

 soon turning brown and unsightly. 



YELLOW MELILOT or SWEET CLOVER: 



Melildtus officinalis. 



Pulse Family. June Aug. 



Found in waste places. Naturalized from 

 Europe. 



FLOWERS Resemble the White Melilot, except in 

 color, yellow, small, in slender spikes 

 terminating branches, 2-4 feet high. 

 LEAVES Small, in groups of 3, blunt tipped, 

 toothed. 



