WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 
False Solomon's Seal (Smilacma racemosa). Lily family. 
May to July. 
A very common plant by country roadsides and in open woods. 
From a stout root-stalk rises a single curved stem with average 
height of two feet, ending in an upright cluster (compound 
raceme) of small white flowers; the perianth has six divisions. 
The leaves are long, pointed, with parallel veins without stalks, 
or the lower with short stalks. Dry ground. Smilacina is 
diminutive of Smilax. 
Stout Stenanthium (Stenanthium robustum). Lily family. 
July to September. 
A plant with stout stem, with maximum height of five feet, 
having a panicle (or raceme) of flowers (half an inch broad) at 
the top. The flowers have a six-divided perianth with pointed 
divisions, each about one-fourth inch long, white and green. 
The leaves are long and slender. Found in moist ground in 
summer. Pennsylvania, South and West. The Greek name 
signifies narrow, and flower. 
Grass-leaved Stenanthium (Stenanthium gramineum). 
Lily family. August, September. 
Similar but with slender stem, with maximum height of four 
feet and leaves not over one-third inch in width. Said by 
Britton and Brown to grow in dry soil in Virginia and Kentucky, 
Florida to Alabama, chiefly in the mountains, while the Stout 
Stenanthium grows in moist soil in southern Pennsylvania and 
Ohio to South Carolina and Tennessee. Gray gives only the 
Grass-leaved Stenanthium and states that the Stout Stenen- 
thium is doubtfully distinct. The appended drawing has been 
made from an herbarium specimen of the Grass-leaved Stenan- 
thium. 
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