WILD FLOWERS OF NEW YORK IOI 



thirds of an inch long, each carpel in fruit tipped with a short recurved 

 beak. 



In moist or low woodlands, Connecticut to Minnesota, Ontario, Kansas 

 and Missouri, south to Georgia. 



Figure XV 



Goldenseal or Orange-root 



(Hydrastis canadensis Linnaeus) 



American Globeflower 



Trollius laxus Salisbury 



Plate 6 1 



Stems few or several from a perennial fibrous root, erect or ascending, 

 often slightly fleshy but weak, from a few inches to 2 feet long. Lower 



