LILIACE^E 



LILIACE^E LILY FAMILY 



Smilacina racemosa, (L.) Desf. 



White False Spikenard, 



False Solomon's Seal, 

 Wild Spikenard, 



May Job's Tears, 



Golden Seal, 

 Small Solomon's Seal, 

 Zigzag Solomon's Seal. 



Smil&cina: diminutive for smilax, which is an ancient 



Greek name of obscure meaning. 

 Racemosa: Latin for clustered. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: open woods. 



THE PLANT: erect, one foot to three feet high; the stem 

 somewhat angled, slender or stout, sometimes zigzag, 

 with fine soft hairs above or nearly hairless. 



THE LEAVES: alternate or scattered; oblong-lanceolate or 

 oval; with fine soft hairs beneath and sometimes above; 

 acuminate at the apex; sessile or on short petioles; with 

 minute hairs on the margins; entire. 



THE FLOWERS: on long stems in dense panicles; the stems 

 shorter than the flowers; perianth in six parts, withering, 

 persistent. 



THE FRUIT: a berry, passing from greenish through yel- 

 lowish-white to dull ruby-red, at times speckled with 

 madder-brown. 



A smooth and cool-feeling plant, with large parallel- 

 veined leaves and olive-green stem, at whose top are 

 "spiraea-like clusters of fine white flowers," that later give 

 place to ruby-red and translucent berries. 

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