Smilacina,'] - SMILACE^E. 



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4. U, grandiflora (Sm.); foliis perfoliatis elliptico-oblongis acutis, flore terminali soli- 

 tario pendulo, perianthio longe campanulato intus nudo, laciniis acuminatis, anlheris 

 longe linearibus obtusis. Sm, Ex. FL p. 99. t 51. BoL Mag. t \2\2, PL Am. I. p. 391. M /^ 



U. peiToliata, major. Mx, Am. \. p. 199. — U. lanceolata. Willd. 



Hab. Lake Huron, to the Saskatchawan. Dr Todd. Dr Richardson. Dritmmond. — The much longer 

 and more acuminated and yellower sepals, free from papillae, and the very long and obtuse anthers, will 

 readily distinguish this from the preceding. The V. Jlava, Sm, {Ex. Fl. t. 50J, from Carolina, however, 

 seems almost intermediate, having larger and longer and yellower flowers, like the present, and papillose 

 sepals and pointed short anthers, like the former. . ' 



5, U. sessilifolia (L.) ; foliis sessilibus oblongo-subovatis aciitisj flore terminali solitario 

 pendulo, perianthio oblongo-campanulato intus laevi laciniis obtusis, antheris linearibus 

 obtusis. Sm. Ex. FL 1. p. 101. t 52. Mx. Am. 1. />. 199. Ph. Am. 1. p. 233. 



Hab. New Brunswick ( J/r Kciidat), and throughout Canada to the Saskatchawan. Dr Richardson. 

 Mr Drummond. 



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4. SMILACINA. Desf. 



1. S. horealis (Gawl. Bot Mag. t 1403) ; foliis subradicalibus obovato-oblongis acutis 

 plerumque ciliatis, scapo glabro folia longe superante umbella pauci-(3-6)-flora ebrac- 

 teata, perianthii campanulati nutantis laciniis lanceolatis. Ph. Am. I. p. 232. — Dracaena 

 borealis. Ait. Kew, ed. I. t. 5. 



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Hab. New Brunswick. Dr Todd. Newfoundland. Dr Morrison. Canada. Pursh. Mrs Percival ; to 

 the Saskatchawan. Dr Richardson. Drummond. — Flowers yellowish-green. — This is very different from 

 the S, itmheUuIata (Mx.), which has much smaller and more copious white flowers, whith spreading obovate 

 sepals, and was gathered by Mr Drummond in the Alleghanies, where Michaux first discovered it; but its 

 northern boundary is within the States, 



2. S. imiflora (Menz. mst.) ; foliis subradicalibus 2-3 obovato-lanceolatis acutis subtus 

 margine pilosis, scapo pubescente unifloro longitudine foliorum, perianthii hirsuti lato- 

 campanulati erecti laciniis obovato-lanceolatis. (Tab. CXC.) — S. borealis. /3. uniflora. 

 lioem. Syst. Veget. v, 7. p. 307. 



Hab. N. W. America, from Fort Vancouver to Observatory Inlet, and on mountains of the interior. 

 Mr Menzies, Douglas. Dr Sconler. Tolmie. — An extremely different species from the last, much smaller, 

 with narrower foliage, and a solitary flower almost twice the size of that of S. borealist and much more hairy. 

 The berries are, when recent, of a fine rich blue colour {Douglas). Root very long, and stoloniferous. 



Tab. CXC. Fig. 1, Sepal and stamen ; /. 2, Y\&W\ i^magnijied. 



3. S. trifolia (Desf.); caule alterne trifoliato, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis basi 

 angustata amplexantibus, racemo simplici terminali laxo. Ph. Am. 1. p. 233. — Conval- 

 laria. L. — Torrey. 1, p. 354. Gmel. Sib, I. t. 6. 



Hab. Swamps througliout Canada, to Bear Lake and the Rocky Mountains. Dr Richardson. Drummond. 

 Newfoundland. Mr Cormack. Labrador. Miss Brenton.—Thh is certainly the same as the Siberian plant 



of the same name. 



