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Paris
quadrifolia L. ( Herb-paris)
Perennial herb of the Lily
family - Liliaceae- up to 40 cm. Erect stems, springing
from a crawling rhizome. Every stem has at the top a whorl
of usually 4 sessile leaves, till 12 cm . The flower stands
at the end of a long peduncle, having 4 exterior tepals,
pale-greenish, and 4 interior ones very narrow and yellowish.
6-10 protruding stamens. The fruit is a berry, black-bluish.
In humid deciduous woods of usually calcareous
soil.
 
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