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2. CONVALLARIA L. Herbs with slender rootstocks and simple scapes. 
Leaves erect; blades sheathing at the base. Flowers n nodding in a 1-sided 
raceme, Perianth white: lobes recurved. Filaments adnate to the lower part 
of the perianth-tube. Berry globular. Seed rounded.—One species. 
jalis L. Leaves 2 or 3 together; 
blades e celiptio 1-3 dm. long: scape 1.5— 
dm. tall: peria nth 5-7 mm. long: 
meter.—( LILY- 
THE-VALLEY. \— Woods S, sam in acid soil, 
Blue Ridge and Appalachian provinces, 
T ps 2 n W. Va. and Va.—Spr. 
= e plant t of the southern Ap- 
Mean mountains appears to - almost 
identieal with the European one, which 
is much eultivated and bomo e escapes. 
The native American plant usually has a 
shorter inflorescence, and has larger 
bracts and an oblate seed. ike the 
European n it also prefers a rather 
acid soil. e flowers are very fragrant. 
13. CORDYLINE Adans. Succulent herbs with stout rootstocks. Leaves 
erect, flat or nearly terete. Flowers in narrow panicles, erect or ascending. 
Perianth white or greenish: lobes narrow, 
about as long as the cylindric tube. Cap- 
sule membranous. Seeds baecate. [Sanse- 
vieria Thunb. a 25 species, natives 
of Asia and Africa 
1. C. guineensis (L.) B Leaves 
4-10 s tall, usually ee po 
many-flowered: perianth-lobes linear 
linear- us 18 mm. long, curled 
ack. [S. guineensis Willd.]— —(AFRICAN 
E non mu) — Pinelands, ham- 
owever, it is freque with in localities remote from gardens. 
The leaves a the feathery ‘panicles arise from the ground often separately. 
The leaves furnish a strong fibe 
Faminy 7. ALOACEAE — Aror FAMILY 
oarse succulent or partly woody plants with a rootstocks 
and short caudices terminating in erect flowerin aves alternate, 
Style slender, elongate. Fruit 
