PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA I33 



Erythronium Americanum Ker. 



Yellow adder's tongue 

 Woods and pastures. Common. May. 



Medeola Virginiana L. 



Indian cucumber root 



Woods. Common. June. The fleshy white root is suggestive of 

 the common name, its shape and flavor bearing some resemblance to the 

 shape and flavor of a cucumber. 



Trillium erectum L. 



False wake robin. Ill scented wake robin 

 Woods and thickets. Common. May and June. 



Trillium undulatum Willd. 



T. erythrocarpnm Mx. 



Painted wake robin 



Woods and clearings, specially in soil abounding in vegetable mold. 



Common. June. The white petals are beautifully striped with purple 



lines. 



Veratrum viride Ait. 



American white hellebore. Indian poke 



Swamps and wet places, also on the tops of high mountains. Com- 

 mon. June. The dried powdered leaves are reputed to be a good 

 substitute for the white hellebore of commerce. 



JUNCACEAE 



JUNCUS 



Stems naked, scape-like 1 



Stems leafy 2 



1 Stamens three effusus 



1 Stamens six filiform is 



2 Leaves with transverse septa Canadensis 



2 Leaves without transverse septa 3 



3 Stems less than 6 inches long bufoiiiiis 



3 Stems more than 6 inches long tenuis 



Juncus effusus L. 



Bog rush. Soft rush 

 Ditches and wet places. Common, 



