WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERvS 
Ginseng (Panax quinquefoUum) . Ginseng family. July, 
August. 
An upright perennial, averaging a foot high, generally 
branched and having spindle-shaped roots. The minute flowers 
(with five petals and five stamens) are in umbel, perfect, stami- 
nate, and pistillate on the same plant or different plants (polyga- 
mous). There are three compound leaves in a whorl. The 
leaves are long-stalked and have five leaflets palmately arranged, 
the leaflets finely toothed and with stalks. Rich woods. The 
roots are highly prized in China for medicinal purposes. The 
fruit is in pairs. Named from the Greek for all, and cure. 
Dwarf Ginseng {Panax trifoUum). Ginseng family. 
April to June. 
Somewhat similar to the above but averaging only six inches 
high, with much smaller leaves and flowers, and with a spherical 
root. The leaves have three to five leaflets. 
Starry Campion {Silene stellata). Pink family. June to 
August. 
An upright perennial herb, two feet or over. Flowers in large 
open cluster (panicle) ; corolla three-fourths inch wide, petals 
(five) fringed. The leaves are in whorls of four, egg- to lance- 
shape, long-pointed. Woods, Rhode Island, West and South. 
Named from the Greek for saliva, referring to the exudate on 
some species. 
Pipsissewa (Chimdphila umbellata). Heath family. June 
to August. 
Apparently upright perennials (really branches of horizontal 
stems), under a foot high, with leaves in several whorls. The 
flowers are in a terminal cluster, and have five petals. The 
leaves are evergreen, somewhat lance-shaped. Fruit five-lobed, 
flattened, globular. Dry woods. Named from the Greek for 
winter, and love. 
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