300 CONVALLARIACEAE 
Ovary and capsule stipitate: plant glabrous. 2. O. sessilifolia. 
T stalk arene an adnate bract: sepals and petals attenu- 
capsule beake 3. O. floridana. 
Woods, 
inces, Ga. and Ala. to W. Va. and Va. 
O. sessilifolia (L.) Small. Stem 1-4 
m tall: leaf-blades s 3-8 em. long, 
bs sepals and petals 1.5-2 em. long, 
.3 em. 
i 
na woods, and banks, various provinces, 
Ga. to Ark., Minn., and N. B.—Spr. 
tic, 3-8 em. long, thinnish sepals and p pee linear gu attenuate 
f [Uvu- 
_ il. POLYGONATUM [Tourn.] Mill. Herbs with jointed rootstocks and 
simple stems. Leaves spreading: blades sessile. Flowers 1 or few terminating 
axillary peduncles, drooping. Perianth white or greenish: lobes erect or nearly 
so. Filaments adnate to the middle of the perianth-tube or above it. Berry 
globular, blue or nearly black. Seeds flattened. [Salomonia Heist.]—About 
20 species, natives of the north temperate zone.—Spr.—-SOLOMON ’S-SEALS. 
Filaments rough, adnate to the perianth-tube for about 34 its 
Je 1. P. biflorum. 
Filam ents smooth, adnate to the perianth-tube for about l6 
its length. 2. P. commutatum. 
citi ace 4—10 
bes beneath: pedicels commonly 2 
florum (Walt.) Ell. Stem 2-9 dm. tall: leaf-blades oval, elliptic, or 
em. lon 
lowered id 8—12 . long: berr 
6-8 m n diameter. Moist woods a 
banks, - aa provinces, Fla. to Tex., 
., Ont., and N. B. 
P. commutatum (R. .) 
m. tall: leaf-blades elliptic, 
elliptic-lanceolate, oval, or oval-ovate, 5— 
g, glabr pedieels usu- 
ally more than 2-flowered: perianth 10— 
ng: ber = i- 
soil, especially near streams, various 
provinces, Ga. to La., Utah, Man., Ont., 
and N. H. 
