WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 
Spikenard (Aralia racemosa). Ginseng family. July, 
August. 
A perennial several feet high, widely branching. Flowers 
small, in long clusters; corolla with five lobes; stamens five; 
leaflets heart-shaped, with double teeth. Rich woods. 
White Avens (Geum canadense). Rose family. June to 
August. 
A perennial, two feet high, bearing flowers on hairy stalks; 
petals five; stamens many. Root-leaves generally of three to 
five leaflets; stem-leaves three-divided, or lobed, toothed. 
GROUP XV 
Leaves alternate, simple. Flowers in raceme, spike, or head. 
Shrubs. 
Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana). Rose family. April; 
May. 
A tall shrub with grayish bark. The drooping racemes have 
small flowers with five rounded petals. Leaves egg-shaped to 
oblong, obtusely pointed, with fine teeth. Riverbanks, etc. 
^ CHOKE CHERRY 
{^Prunus viryini'dna) 
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