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penetrate the shady vistas where they grow, and 
the visitors appear to get both nectar and pollen in 
exchange for their services in carrying the pollen 
from flower to flower. The species is a northern 
form, as its technical name, Clintonia borealis, 
indicates: it extends southward as far as North 
Carolina and Wisconsin. 
The White Clintonia is a less widely distributed 
species, with smaller erect flowers and black ber- 
ries, which is found as far north as New Jersey 
and New York and as far south as Georgia and 
Tennessee. It blossoms during May and June 
and commonly has more flowers upon a single 
central stalk than does the Yellow Clintonia. 
FatsE SoLtomon’s Seat. The Wild Spike- 
nard or False Solomon’s Seal differs strikingly 
in appearance from the true Solomon’s Seal. It 
has a conspicuous panicle of many small white 
blossoms on the end of the main stalk beyond 
the leaves. It grows in the same shrubby thickets 
er woodland borders where the Solomon’s Seal 
is found and is distributed over much the same 
geographical regions. It is pollenized by small 
bees that gather some of the abundant pollen. 
This is a widely distributed species, extending 
over practically the whole of eastern North 
America. 
The Star-flowered Solomon’s Seal is a some- 
what similar plant which in some of the eastern 
