A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



at the base, 6-12 in. long, diminishing toward the flower 

 cluster, which is 8-30 in. long. Petals yellowish-green, nearly 

 an inch long. Pod about i in. long. June. New Brunswick to 

 Georgia, west to Minnesota, mostly in wet or moist woods. 

 Fig. 81. A related species, Vcratnim Woodii, with a smaller 

 greenish purple flower is known from southern Indiana to 

 Missouri. 



82. SPIKENARD. VAGNERA. 



Herbs with alternate leaves. Flower cluster simple and 

 unbranched, or often slightly branched. Flowers small, 

 greenish-white or white. Petals separate and distinct. Fruit 

 a round berry. {Convallariaccae.) 

 Flowers numerous in an often branched cluster. 



83. Spikenard or false Spikenard. Vagncra raccmosa. 

 (Smilacina raccmosa.) Stem 1-3 ft. high, often angled. 

 Leaves oblong or oval-oblong, 3-6 in. long, about half as 

 wide, hairy beneath. Flower cluster 1-4 in. long, the flowers 

 scarcely j/s in. wide. Berry red, purple spotted, fragrant. 

 June. Nova Scotia to Georgia, and westward. Very common, 

 and growing in a variety of situations. Fig. 83. 



Flowers few in a simple raceme. 



84. Star-flowered Solomon's Seal. Vagnera stellata. 

 (Smilacina stellata.) Stem 8-18 in. high. Leaves slightly 

 clasping, 2-4}^ in. long, oblong-lance-shaped. Flower cluster 



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