Chloranthus elatior Link

COLLECTION CITED IN
IDENTIFICATION LISTS
OF MrtfciSIAN SPECIMENS
03 C
19091« Cfcloxfurthtts officinalis Bl*. Perennial
herb» in wet humus severed sell mixed with gravel atone
*UUv ' «long the densely wsflRML banks of a creek at ?60 foot;
roots long, fibrous, n^fapwish; stem subereot, several
from the sane root djnl to 8 juiHzst yards long,
nraeh reourved toward UKW4	middle, terete,
shining branches few.Mm&t Spreading leaves upon asoend-
ing green and	aSL W, -»fctileB. horisontally spread-
ing	»Mg«. n##rly flat
beneath;
inflorescence erect fro® tfce vgpve-m*t leaf axil, dwsfe
green except the yellowish flowers; fruits easily falil»*,,:
BubcompreSBea, turning snowberry white from the
toward the bark or brownish apiosl
April, 1911. p(KP ELMER’S fi^LD
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