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A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



59. Twisted Stalk. Streptopus roseus. Somewhat similar to 

 the preceding but differing in having smaller, green, leaves, 

 and flower-stalks nearly always i -flowered. Jmie. Rich woods. 

 Newfoundland to Georgia, and westward, much more com- 

 mon than No. 58. 



60. SOLOMON'S SEAL. POLYGONATUM. 



Herbs with arching simple stems, and alternate leaves. 

 Flowers 1-8 together, on slender stalks, always appearing 

 from the bases of the leaves. Flowers tubular, with 6 short 

 terminal lobes. Fruit a blue or black berry. (Convallariaceae.) 

 Leaves hairy beneath. 



61. Solomon's Seal. Polygonatum biflorum. From 8-30 in. 

 high, often with a zig-zag stem above. Leaves oval to lance- 

 olate, narrowed at the base, 2-4 in. long, half as wide, hairy 

 below, especially on the 3 veins. Flowers 1-8 together, usually 

 2 or 3, about 3/2 in. long, greenish or pinkish. Berry about 

 34 in. in diameter. May. Woods and moist thickets. New 

 Brunswick to Florida, west to Michigan, Kansas, etc. 

 Leaves smooth beneath. 



62. Solomon's Seal. Polygonatum commutatum. Similar to 

 the preceding, but usually much taller and coarser leaved, 

 and with the smooth leaves many-veined. June. Woods and 

 moist thickets. New England to Georgia, and westward. 

 Fig. 62. 



