YELLOW AND ORANGE 181 



INDIAN POKE; AMERICAN WHITE HEL- 

 LEBORE: Itch-weed. Veratrum viride. 



Lily Family. Apr. — June. 



A plant 2—7 feet high, poisonous throughout; 

 found in low, wet places. Canada to British 

 Columbia, south to Georgia, Tennessee, Min- 

 nesota. 



Flowers — Very small, forming a large, terminal, 

 yellow-green cluster. 



Leaves — Large, broad, with an uneven surface, 

 soon turning brown and unsightly. 



YELLOW MELILOT or SWEET CLOVER: 



Melildtus officinalis. 

 Pulse Family. June — Aug. 



Found in waste places. Naturalized from 

 Europe. 

 Flowers — Resemble the White Melilot, except in 

 color, yellow, small, in slender spikes 

 terminating branches, 2—4 feet high. 

 Leaves — Small, in groups of 3, blunt tipped, 

 toothed. 



