WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley (Maidnthemum canadense). Lily 
family. May to July. 
A plant a few inches high, bearing a raceme of delicate flowers 
with four-parted perianth and four stamens. Leaves (generally 
two) long, pointed, heart-shaped at base, practically without 
stalks. Common in open woods. The name is derived from 
the Latin for May and the Greek for flower. 
Wild Balsam-apple {Echinocystis lohata). Gourd family. 
July to September. 
A climbing annual, with six-petalled flowers, axillary, small, 
polygamous, generally in racemes. Leaves thin, five-lobed. 
Fruit large, green, covered with spines. Rich soil. The generic 
name (hedgehog, and bladder) refers to the prickles on the fruit. 
Three-leaved Solomon's Seal {Smilacina trifolia). Lily 
family. May, June. 
This plant resembles Maianthemum, but has three leaves 
narrowed at the base and sheathing the stem. The perianth, more- 
over, is six-parted, the style with three grooves. Smilacina is 
the diminutive of Smilax. 
Star-flowered Solomon's Seal (Smilacina stellata). Lily 
family. May, June. 
An upright perennial, average height one to one and one-half 
feet, from a stout root-stalk. The small flowers have a six- 
divided perianth, and are in delicate racemes. Leaves long- 
pointed, lance-shaped, narrowed at the base, clasping the stem 
somewhat. Damp ground. 
Climbing False Buckwheat {Polygonum scandens). 
Buckwheat family. 
A trailing or climbing delicate perennial bearing tiny flowers 
(with five-parted calyx, no corolla) in short racemes. Leaves 
somewhat heart-shaped and their stipules sheathe the stem 
(ocreas). Damp ground. Common. Polygonum meaxis many- 
jointed. 
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