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FIG. 267. False Solomon's Seal or False Spikenard (Smilacina racemose), a perennial 

 herb with a somewhat stout stem, a number of alternate parallel-veined leaves and a terminal 

 raceme of whitish, sometimes fragrant, flowers. It forms a horizontal knotted rhizome, on 

 the upper surface of which are found circular scars. It may be found growing in under- 

 brush in moit woods. After Brown. 



