194 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



3. Plants not over 2 ft. 



WILD SARSAPARILLA (Aralia nudicaulis) . Ginseng 



family. 



Stem i ft. high, with a long-stalked leaf of many 

 pointed leaflets. Fruit on a leafless stem, small, 

 berry -like (drupes), in umbel, color black or dark- 

 purple. Midsummer. 



LARGER WHITE TRILLIUM (Trillium grandiflorum) . Lily 



family. 



Av. ht. i ft.; leaves (3) egg-shaped, pointed. 

 Fruit a large egg-shaped berry. 



INDIAN CUCUMBER-ROOT (Medeola Virginiana) . Lily 



family. 



Ht. abt. 2 ft.; leaves in 2 whorls, lower (5-9) in- 

 versely egg-lance-shaped, pointed, without stalks; 

 upper (3, occasionally more), egg-shaped. Fruit 

 a few (3-5) purple, or black, berries, clustered on 

 red stalks, at top of stem, seeds 1-3. Early autumn. 



