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spreading raceme, small, spherical, and 

 purplish red. 



Frequent in the rich woods throughout 

 the region, at the lower altitudes; flowering 

 in late May and early June. 



Actaea Similar to the preceding species 



eburnea an( j often growing with it and 



difficult to distinguish from it 



Western 



White when in flower: in fruit, how- 



Baneberry. ever, they are quite distinct. In 

 A. eburnea the berries are fully twice as 

 large, nearly half an inch long and a quarter 

 of an inch in diameter and pure waxy white. 



In rich moist woods throughout the 

 Rockies; flowering with the other species in 

 May and early June; fruiting in late July. 



BERBERIDACEAE 

 Barberry Family 



Shrubs or herbs with alternate or basal 

 leaves, with or without stipules, and solitary 

 or racemed, mostly terminal flowers; sepals 



