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MAY APPLE; MANDRAKE: Hog Apple: 



Wild Lemon. Podophyllum peltatum. 



Barberry Family. Apr. — May. 



A plant 12-18 inches high. Found in rich, 

 moist woods. Western Quebec and western 

 New England to Minnesota and southward. 

 Flowers — White, 6-9 divisions, solitary, unpleas- 

 antly scented. Fruit, large, edible 

 berry. 

 Leave s — Those of the flowerless stems termi- 

 nated by a large, rounded, 7-9-lobed 

 leaf supported by a stem in the mid- 

 dle; those of the flowering stem 2, 

 much lobed, with the nodding flower in 

 the fork. 



SWEET WHITE VIOLET: Viola pollens. 



Violet Family. Apr.-May. 



Plant 3-5 inches tall. Found in moist, 

 wooded places. Common. 

 Flowers — White with purple veins, side divisions 

 usually bearing a small tuft of hairs, 

 slightly fragrant. 

 Leaves — Round heart-shaped, slightly scal- 

 loped. 



