28 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



shape ; the stems which bear the fruit are very thick, 

 and turn red when the berries are fully ripe. The 

 baneberry is a very familiar object in the moist, rich 

 woods of the White Mountains. 



Black Snakeroot. ^ ^ught not to pass a near relative 



Cimicifuga of the white baneberry, called black 



raoemosa. gj^^keroot, Or bugbane {Cimicifuga 



racemosa). This blooms in summer, aud its tall 



Fruit of the 

 Baneberry. 



Baneberry. 



spikes of fine white flowers appear better than they 

 smell. The Latin name means, to drive away bugs ; 



