98 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



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MEADOW SWEET (Spiraea salicijolid) . Rose family. 



Max. ht. 3 ft.; practically without teeth; flowers 

 small in terminal clusters, narrowing at top, white 

 or pinkish, calyx 5-cleft, petals 5; leaves oval, 

 with teeth, toothed. Meadows, etc. Late summer. 



62. Same as 59, but flowers not urn- or bell-shaped, nor with 

 4 or 5 petals. 



UMBRELLA-LEAF (Dipkylleia cymosa}. Barberry family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft.; flowers many, in cyme; petals 6; 

 stamens 6; one large leaf on a long stem from the 

 base, 2 -cleft with lobes deeply toothed, stem- 

 leaves (2) similar but smaller. Woods. Spring, 

 early summer. Penn. and South. 



BUNCH FLOWER (Melanthium Virginicum). Lily family. 

 Ht. several ft. ; flowers in cluster narrowing at 

 base; sepals 6, like petals; leaves long and narrow. 

 Wet places. Rhode Island, South and West. 



FALSE SOLOMON'S SEAL (Smilacina racemosd). Lily 



family. 



Av. ht. 2 ft.; single stem ending in upright cluster 

 (compound raceme) of small white flowers; peri- 

 anth of 6 divisions; leaves long, pointed, with 

 parallel veins. Open woods. Late spring and 

 summer. (See illustration under Red Fruits 7). 



STOUT STENANTHEMUM (Stenantkemum robustum). Lily 



family. 



Max. ht. 5 ft. ; flowers in long panicle or raceme at 

 end of stem; 6-divided perianth, divisions pointed, 

 each abt. J in. long, white and green; leaves long 

 and slender. Moist ground. Summer. Penn., 

 South and West. 



