STUDIES OF PLANT LIFE 
RED BANEBERRY, RED CoHoSH—Actea spicata (L.), var. 
rubra (Gray). 
The Red Cohosh is a larger plant than the Blue Cohosh, 
with foliage coarsely veined, pointed in the divisions, of a 
full green, sharply cleft, and toothed; flowers white in a 
close-tufted terminal raceme. The berries when ripe are 
oval, shining, of a deep red, set on slender stalks; it grows 
in damp, rich woods. 
Wuitr ConosH—Actea alba (Bigel.). 
This is a striking-looking plant when in ripe fruit; the 
berries are white and shining, set on rose-red fleshy foot- 
stalks; the plant is branching and inclined to fall prostrate 
from the weight of the long-stalked cluster of heavy fruit. 
In some of its peculiar characteristics it seems to resemble 
the Blue Cohosh; the Indian herbalists evidently con- 
sidered they were of the same nature. In none of these 
plants is the fruit edible. 
BELLWort—Woop Darropit—Uvularia grandiflora 
(Smith). 
(PLATE IL.) 
‘“‘ Fair Daffodil, we weep to see 
Thee haste away so soon, 
As yet the early rising sun 
Has not attained his noon. 
Stay, stay !|— 
Until the hasting day 
Has run 
But to the evening song ; 
When, having prayed together, we 
Will go with you along.” 
—RHerrick. 
This slender drooping flower of early spring is known by 
the name of Bellwort, from its pendent lily-like bells; and 
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