No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. I25 



Trillium undulatum Willd. (wavy). 

 Trillium erythrocarpum Michx, 

 Painted Trillium, 



Rich woods and shaded swamps. Occasional in the north- 

 western part of the state, becoming local or rare eastward and 

 southward, extending to Union (Bissell, Graves), Middletown 

 (M. Hitchcock), New Haven (E. P. Prudden), Oxford (Har- 

 ger) . May. 



ALETRIS L. Colic-root. Star Grass. 



Aletris farinosa L. (mealy). 



Colic-root. Star Grass. False Unicorn-root. 



Occasional or local. Fields and meadows, or moist sandy 

 places. Late June — July. 



The rootstock is medicinal. 



SMILAX L. Green Brier. Cat Brier. 



Smilax herbacea L. (herbaceous). 

 Carrion-flower. Jacob's Ladder. 



Frequent. Low thickets, borders of meadows and some- 

 times in drier fields. Late May — June. 



The flowers exhale a most offensive odor. The herb is 

 somewhat medicinal. The young shoots are sometimes used 

 as a pot-herb and are called Wild Asparagus. 



Smilax rotundifolia L. (round-leaved). 



Common Green Brier. Horse, Cat, Bull or Squirrel Brier. 



Common. Moist or dry woods, thickets and pastures. Late 

 May — June ; fruit Sept., persisting over the winter. 



Smilax glauca Walt, (glaucous). 

 Saw, Cat or Squirrel Brier. 



Common. Dry or moist open woods and thickets, often in 

 sandy ground. June ; fruit Sept., persisting over the winter. 



The roots have been substituted for those of the Brazilian 

 Sarsaparilla. 



Smilax hispida Muhl. (rough-hairy). 



Rare. Fairfield, in moist thickets (Fames). June. 



