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Vagnera trifolia (Z.) Morong 



Smilacina trifolia Desf. 

 Three leaved Solomon's seal 



Bogs and swamps. Rare. Averyville swamp and Wood farm swamp. 



June. 



Unifolium Canadense (Desf.) Giee?ie 



Maia/it/iemirm Canadense Desf. 



Two leaved Solomon's seal. False lily-of-the-valley 



Woods, swamps, pastures and mountain tops. Common. June. 

 Abundant on the top of Mt Mclntyre. 



Streptopus roseus Mx. r 



Rose flowered twist foot. Sessile leaved twisted stalk 

 Woods and mountains. Common. June. 



Streptopus amplexifolius {L.) DC. 



Clasping leaved twisted stalk 



AVoods and mountain slopes. Occasional. Base of Pitchoff mountain, 

 head of Cascade lake and trail to Mt Mclntyre. June. Less frequent 

 than the preceding species, from which it may be distinguished by its 

 greenish white flowers and the naked margins of its leaves. Both 

 species sometimes have the peduncle forked. 'J"he ripe fruit is red. 



Clintonia borealis {Ait) Raf. 



Northern clintonia. Yellow clintonia 



Woods, swamps and open places. Very common. June and July. 

 This plant is found almost everywhere in the Adirondack region. It 

 ascends to the top of the highest mountains. In these elevated places it 

 may be found in flowers at the time the plants in the valleys are bearing 

 ripe fruit. The ripe fruit is deep blue and almost as attractive as the 

 flowers. Vigorous plants often have a lateral cluster of flowers an inch 

 or two below the terminal cluster, and in rare instances there are two 

 lateral clusters. The number of flowers in a lateral cluster is less than in 

 the terminal cluster, 



Uvularia sessilifolia L. 



Oakesia sessilifoHa Wats. 



Sessile leaved bellwort 



Thin woods and open places. Common. June. 



