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Plant 3-8 ft. tall ; fruit a dry pod Snakeroot no. 339 



Sepals not petal-like, but green and united; petals 5, white 

 Flower cluster much branched, its ultimate divisions slen- 

 der and finger-shaped Goat's-beard no. 340 



Flower clusters little branched and few flowered, never 

 finger-shaped 



Leaflets of about equal size Tall Cinquefoil no. 341 



Leaflets of conspicuously unequal size, the terminal ones 

 largest Avens no. 342 



337. Indian Physic. Porteranthus trifoliatus. (Gillenia 

 trifoliata.) (Rosaccac.) An erect branching perennial 2-4 ft. 

 high. Leaves compound, of 3 leaflets which are wedge-shaped 

 at the base, and taper to a point at the tip, sharply toothed 

 and stalkless. Flowers white, the five strap-shaped petals 

 rather limp and of slightly unequal length. Fruit a collection 

 of 5 small beaked pods. In rich woods. Ontario and N, Y. 

 to Georgia, and westward. Fig. 337. See No. 359. 



338. Baneberry. Actaca alba. (Ranuncidaceae.) A generally 

 smooth branching perennial, not over 2 ft. tall, with thrice 

 compound leaves, the ultimate leaflets toothed, short-stalked, 

 and sharp pointed. Flowers small in terminal racemes, 1-3 

 in. long, white. Petals small, inconspicuous and soon falling. 

 Petal-like sepals separate. Stamens very numerous, white, 

 giving most of the color to the flower. Fruit a white berry 

 on a stout stalk. May. In rich woods. Nova Scotia and New- 

 foundland to Georgia and westward. Fig. 338. A related 

 species, A. rubra, has red berries on slender stalks but is 



