WHITE GROUP 



false lily of the valley {Maianthemum canadense) 



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veins, obtuse and broad, or heart-shaped at the top. Petals, 

 waxy, white, later turning pink. Stamens, 6, with long anthers on 

 stout filaments. Flowers, single, on long peduncles, at the base 

 of which there is a whorl of 3 broad, net-veined, strongly-ribbed 

 leaves. Fruit, a black, roundish berry. 



The trill iums are smooth, unbranched herbs, among our 

 earliest spring finds, coming but little later than the robin 

 from which this one takes its name. The name trillium 

 means three, all of the parts of this plant being in threes. 



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