WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 81 



SPIKENARD (Aralia racemosa). Ginseng family. 



Ht. several ft.; stem widely branched; flowers 

 small, very many in long clusters (racemose um- 

 bels) ; leaflets heart-shaped, with double teeth. 

 Rich woods. Summer. 



WATER-LEAF (Hydrophyllum Virginicum). Water-leaf 



family. 



Ht. i ft. or over; flowers in curled-up raceme- 

 like clusters, bell-shaped; leaves with several 

 divisions, coarsely toothed, pointed. Woods. 

 Summer. 



41. Leaves (neither opposite, wanting, nor from root only) com- 

 pound or finely dissected, flowers not in spike, 

 raceme, umbel or cluster. 



Low BLACKBERRY (Rubus Canadensis) . Rose family. 

 Trailing, slightly prickly; calyx 5-parted, petals 5; 

 leaflets 3 (or 57). Dry fields. Early spring. 



WHITE AVENS (Geum album). Rose family. 



Ht. 2 ft.; flowers few on long hairy stalks; petals 

 5 ; stamens many ; root-leaves generally of 35 

 leaflets; stem-leaves 3-divided, or lobed or toothed. 

 Borders of woods. Spring, summer. 



RUNNING SWAMP BLACKBERRY (Rubus hispidus). Rose 



family. 



Slender stem with backward bending prickles; 

 flowers small; leaflets 3 (rarely 5), inversely heart- 

 shaped, coarsely toothed. Low woods or moist 

 ground. 



WHITE CLOVER (Trifolium repens}. Pulse family. 



Ht. under i ft.; stems spreading, smooth; flower- 

 heads spherical, the florets (papilionaceous) finally 

 bent back and spreading; 3 leaflets, somewhat 

 inversely heart-shaped. Open places. Spring- 

 autumn. 

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