. Our early wild flowers [microform] : a study of the herbaceous plants blooming in early spring in the northern states and Canada. Wild flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Botanique. INDIAN CUCUMBER-ROOT a green berry with a whitish bloom; finally it becomes pulpy, blue-black in color, and about the size of a pea. Great Solomon's-Seal, Polygonatum giganUum, with much the same range as biflorum; grows in moist woods and along shaded streams. Normally, it is a much taller plant but very similar in general appearance. INDIAN CUCUMBER-ROOT Mcdeola Virgwidna Medeola, from Medea, the name of a sorcer
. Our early wild flowers [microform] : a study of the herbaceous plants blooming in early spring in the northern states and Canada. Wild flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Botanique. INDIAN CUCUMBER-ROOT a green berry with a whitish bloom; finally it becomes pulpy, blue-black in color, and about the size of a pea. Great Solomon's-Seal, Polygonatum giganUum, with much the same range as biflorum; grows in moist woods and along shaded streams. Normally, it is a much taller plant but very similar in general appearance. INDIAN CUCUMBER-ROOT Mcdeola Virgwidna Medeola, from Medea, the name of a sorceress; because the plant was thought to possess great medicinal virtues. Perennial. Moist woods and shady places in rich soil. Nova Scotia to Ontario and Minnesota, south to Florida and Tennessee. Frequent in northern Ohio. May, June. Rootstock.—White, one to two inches long, fleshy. Stem.—Twelve to eigh- teen inches high, at first brownish with cottony wool. Leaves.—In two whorls, the lower above the mid- dle of the stem consisting of six to eight oblong, lanceolate, acuminate leaves, which are often stained with crimson when the plant is in fruit. Flowers.—Terminal, three to six on pedicels Indian Cucumber-Root. MedMa about half an mch long, ViriinUna 33. II. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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