WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 
away, leaving the numerous, longer, fine, hairlike, and 
white, yellow-tipped stamens expanded into small airy 
balls, each with its single pistil bearing a prominent, 
two lobed stigma. The flowers are borne on short 
stems which grow out from the main stem at right angles 
and with a deliberate gesture that gives the blos- 
soms and the later appearing fruit a decidedly poised 
appearance. The clustered flowers open with almost 
one accord along the end of the long, pale green stalk. 
Their odour is coarse and unpleasant. The leaves 
are large, open, and of rather fine and soft texture with 
the veins showing effectively. They are dark green in 
colour and are more or less deeply cut into three distinct 
and acute lobes. They are arranged in threes and are 
compounded again, sometimes twice or three times. 
The margins are sharply notched and irregular. The 
green, leafy stem is small, round, grooved, and slender, 
and the leaflets are attached with or without short stems. 
The flower stem unites with the stalk at the junction 
of the leaf stems. The plant has a single, erect stalk 
branching near the top, and is a perennial. The 
most striking feature of the Cohosh appears during 
September in the form of short, plump, bean-like 
berries, pure white in colour and marked with a con- 
spicuous, deep purple spot. The entire end of the 
flower stem, which bears the fruit, is bright scarlet in 
colour at this time. It is noticeably thick, and the 
entire effect is stiff and waxy. The berries are said 
to have some poisonous qualities. In Massachusetts, 
these berries are known as “Dolls’-eyes.” The White 
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