102 WHITE AND GREENISH 



POKE or TALL MILKWEED: 



Asclepias phytolaccdides. 

 Milkweed Family. June — Aug. 



A plant 3-6 feet high. Found in woodland 

 borders, thickets from Maine to Georgia and 

 far west. 

 Flowers — Similar in structure to the Common 

 Milkweed, white and greenish, or ma- 

 genta tinged, drooping, in a loose clus- 

 ter. 

 Leaves — Rather broad, pointed at each end. 



WATER HEMLOCK; SPOTTED COW-BANE: 

 Musquash Root: Beaver Poison. 



Ciciita maculata. 

 Parsley Family. June — Aug. 



Found in wet meadows, swampy places. A 

 deadly poison contained in its fleshy roots. 

 New Brunswick to Virginia and westward. 

 Flowers — White, tiny, in thin, flat clusters termi- 

 nating branches, 3-6 feet high. 

 Leaves — Compound, leaflets toothed. Plant 

 stem marked with purplish lines. 



WATER PARSNIP: Hemlock Water Parsnip. 



Stum cicutae folium. 

 Is a similar species growing in wet places and 

 also poisonous. It may be found from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific. 

 Flowers — White, in broad clusters. 

 Leaves — Compound 7-15 sharply toothed leaf- 

 lets, but finely dissected when growing 

 under water. 



