40 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



Smitacina trifolia. 



over tlie bank of the Pemigewasset Eiver, where it 

 seemed to grow with more luxuriance than it did 

 in the shady pasture near the wood. Its starry flow- 

 ers are white, and the berries are small and black- 

 purple in color. It is in its prime about the middle 

 of May. 



The variety of false Solomon's seal 

 named Smilacina trifolia is about 

 six inches tall and has two larger lower leaves and one 

 smaller upper one, which at their bases sheath the 

 stem ; the few flowers which are clustered at the ter- 

 mination of this stem are 

 small and white. The 

 plant grows in cold, wet 

 places, and is common in 

 some parts of the White 

 Hills; it flowers in June 

 or early July. 

 ,, . ,, Maianthe- 



Canadense, or mum Can- 

 Smilaoina iifolia. -, 



adense is 

 still another but smaller 

 false Solomon's seal. This 

 delicate little character, 

 growing not much over 

 five inches high, fairly car- 

 pets the thinner woods where they adjoin the pas' 



Maianthemum Caoadense. 



