WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 
nodding stems, with two large bractlets under the 
calyx. The bell-like corolla is four-cleft with rounded 
lobes. The little flowers blossom during May and 
June and are succeeded by a finely haired, globular, 
aromatic, mealy, snowy white berry which is edible and 
matures during August and September. The berries 
and foliage have a pleasing flavour like that of Winter- 
green or Sweet-birch. The Snowberry is also found in 
our cranberry and peat bogs, and ranges from North 
Carolina and Michigan northward to British Columbia 
and Newfoundland. The generic name is from the 
Greek, meaning snow-born or snow of spring and 
alludes to the snow white berries. 
STAR FLOWER. CHICKWEED WINTER- 
GREEN. STAR ANEMONE 
Trientalis americana. Primrose Family. 
This delicate little white, starry flower is found during 
May and June in damp, open woods and thickets, 
from Virginia, Illinois, and Minnesota far into Canada. 
It grows from three to nine inches high from a long, 
slender, horizontal or creeping rootstock. The smooth 
slender stalk bears a whorl of from five to ten thin, 
smooth, veiny leaves at its summit. The unequally 
sized leaves are lance-shaped and taper sharply toward 
both ends. They are short-stemmed, and their margins 
are finely nicked with rounded teeth. The flat, spread- 
ing flower has from five to nine sharply pointed petals. 
The blossoms are usually solitary and rise above the 
leaves on a slender stem, which springs with a 
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