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RED BANEBERRY; Cohosh: Herb-Christopher. 



Actaea rubra. 



Crowfoot Family. Apr. — June. 



Found in rich woods, an erect, bushy plant 



1-2 feet high. Nova Scotia to Georgia and 



far west. Common northward. 



Flowers — White, small, in short, thick, terminal 



cluster. Berries red, poisonous. 

 Leaves — Compound, irregularly toothed and 

 lobed. 



WHITE BANEBERRY: A. alba. 



Closely resembles the preceding except that 

 the poisonous berries are white with a black 

 eye. Common. Nova Scotia to Georgia and 

 far west. 



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