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scale-like. Flowers mainly solitary in the axils, nodding. Perianth white or 
yellowish. Berry nodding.—About 100 species, natives of the Old World. 
1. A. officinalis L. Stem at first scaly 
and succulent, becoming sl d 
firmer, 4-20 dm. tall: sepals and petals 
mm. long, linear or nearly so, the 
latter ged pod the former: berries 
diameter.— (ASPARA- 
GUS. )—Thickets pend roadsides, 
and gardens, various provinces, 
Fla. to x Tenn., an of 
Eu.—Spr.-sum.—The occurrence of this 
esculent outside of vegetable gardens is 
due mostly to the agency of birds which 
are fond of eating the fruits | 
2. IATRUM Salisb. Short-stemmed herbs, the scape unbranched. 
Leaves mainly 2 or 3. Flowers erect, in a terminal umbel. Filaments slightly 
dilated below. Ovules 2 in each ovary- 
vity. an erect or spreading.— 
oe spec 
1. X. umbelluatum (Michx.) Small. 
Leaf- eae ai or big odds 
cape as long as 
ong, c 
the leaves or p Sube nr 
5—15-flowered: sepals and Pen. white, 
a ed with green and purple dots, 
elliptie or oval, 5-8 mm. long: berry 
zu ular, 5—7 mm. in diameter, black. 
[Clintonia umbellulata Torr. ae e aca 
AMORETTE. SPECKLED ‘WOOD - LILY.) — 
Woods and hillsides, Blue A pe Ap- 
palachian provinces, Ga. to N. Y 
. CLINTONTA Raf. Short-stemmed herbs, the scape unbranched. 
Leaves 2 or 3. Flowers in simple or eon M umbel-like cymes, the cymes 
sometimes reduced to 1 or 2 flowers. 
ules 
ing.—About. 4 species, natives of North 
America and Asia. 
1. C. borealis (Ait.) Raf. ncs 
elliptie or oval, 1-3 dm. long: 
mm. in diameter, bright-blue.— (BALSAM 
na LUE-BEAD LILY. YELLOW = 
Y.)—Deep woods and swamps, ofte 
acid soil, Blue » Ridge and more oe provinces, N. C. to Minn., and Newf. 
—Spr. 
