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TREES AND FLOWERS OP 



(yellow) 



(white) 



DOGTOOTH VIOLET 



FALSE SOLOMON S SEAL 



FLOWERS. 



Dogtooth Violet (ErytJvronium) . This species 

 should properly be called spring lily, for it belongs to 

 the lily family and is not a violet at all. It is found 

 in great numbers throughout the timbered areas of 

 the Park, blossoming early and disappearing before 

 mid-July. From between the two broad lance-shaped 

 leaves there arises a slender stem, bearing a single 

 bright yellow flower with six narrow petals, which 

 usually curve backward. The diameter of the flower 

 is about two inches. It is succeeded by a three-sided, 

 club-shaped pod containing numerous seeds; this is 

 green at first and turns gray as it ripens. 



False Solomon's Seal (Smilacina) . False Sol- 

 omon's seal is fairly frequent in the Park, in well- 

 shaded woods and ravines. An unbranched, bowed 

 stalk bears two rows of alternately arranged leaves. 

 These are lance-shaped and without stems, their bases 

 being set directly on the stalk ; the veining is parallel. 

 The flowers are white and very tiny, and are grouped 

 into a feathery cluster at the end of the stem. They 

 come early in the season, and are gone by the tenth 

 or fifteenth of July. The berries are light green, al- 

 most white, with black stripes running from top to 

 bottom. 



