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392 CAMPING AND WOODCRAFTSorrel^ Mountain. -Oxyria digyna. Green*land to Alaska, south to White Mts. of N. H. and inRocky Mts. to Colo. July-Sep.A pleasant addition to salads.Sorrel, Sheep. Rumux Acetosella. Dry fieldsand hillsides. Throughout the continent, except inextreme north. May-Sep,The leaves are very acid. Young shoots may beeaten as a salad. Also used as; a seasoning forsoups, etcThe European sorrels cultivated as salad plantsare R. Acetosa, R. scutatusj and sometimes R.Patientia.Sorrell, White Wood. Oxalis Acetosella.Cold, damp woods.Nova Scotia to Manitoba, mts.of N. C, and north shore of Lake Superior.MayJuly.Not related to the above. "The pleasant acidtaste of the leaves, when mixed with salads, impartsan agreeable, refreshing flavor." The freshplant, or a "lemonade" made from it, is very usefulin scurvy, and makes a cooling drink for fevers.Should be used in moderation, as it contains binoxalateof potash, which is poisonous. Yields the druggist's"salt of lemons."Storksbill. Pin-clover. Erodium cicutarium.Waste places and fields. Locally in the east, abundantin the west. April-Sep. Naturalized.The 5^oung plant is gathered by western Indiansand eatenraw or cooked.Strawberry Bute. Blitum capitatum (Chenopodiumc). Dry soil. Nova Scotia to Alaska,south to N. J., 111., Colo., Utah, Nev. June-Aug.Sometimes cultivated for greens. Used like spinach.Trillium. Wake-robin. Beth-root. Trilliumerectum; also T. undulatum and T. grandiflorum.Woods. Nova Scotia to Minn., and south to Fla.April-June.The popular notion that these plants are poisonousis incorrect. They make good greens when