WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 



nodding stems, with two large bractlets under the 

 calyx. The bell-like corolla is four-cleft with rounded 

 lobes. The little flowers blossom during May and 

 June and are succeeded by a finely haired, globular, 

 aromatic, mealy, snowy white berry which is edible and 

 matures during August and September. The berries 

 and foliage have a pleasing flavour like that of Winter- 

 green or Sweet-birch. The Snowberry is also found in 

 our cranberry and peat bogs, and ranges from North 

 Carolina and Michigan northward to British Columbia 

 and Newfoundland. The generic name is from the 

 Greek, meaning snow-born or snow of spring and 

 alludes to the snow white berries. 



STAR FLOWER. CHICKWEED WINTER- 

 GREEN. STAR ANEMONE 



Tnentalts americana. Primrose Family. 



This delicate little white, starry flower is found during 

 May and June in damp, open woods and thickets, 

 from Virginia, Illinois, and Minnesota far into Canada. 

 It grows from three to nine inches high from a long, 

 slender, horizontal or creeping rootstock. The smooth, 

 slender stalk bears a whorl of from five to ten thin, 

 smooth, veiny leaves at its summit. The unequally 

 sized leaves are lance-shaped and taper sharply toward 

 both ends. They are short-stemmed, and their margins 

 are finely nicked with rounded teeth. The flat, spread- 

 ing flower has from five to nine sharply pointed petals. 

 The blossoms are usually solitary and rise above the 

 leaves on a slender stem, which springs with a 



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