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--3-celled; cells 2- 
HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA, 225 
There are but 2 other species of this genus as Bt is now 
_ constituted, indigenous to Japan. 
$30. SMILACINA. Defontaines. 
Corolla inferior, 6-parted, spreadii ng. Fila- 
ments divergent, attached to the base of the la- _ 
cinie, Berry globose, 3-celled. er is 
Flowers terminal, subumbellate, racemose "oe pe panicu- 
late. Stems bifoliate or foliose. (Filaments and anthers 
_* distinct.) 
Species. 1.S. umbeliagi Flowers white, spotted with 
wn. 2. borealis. Léaves radical. Roots fibrous, sto- 
loniferous. Flowers greenish, nodding. Berries of both 
these species azure blue, and opaque. The whole plant, — 
_ 28 well as the preceding, sweetish and gramineous to the, _ 
taste. 3. canadensis. Flowers fous. Stem2,rarely 
3-leaved. Berries red; punctate, pellucid.—Almost uni- 
formly occurring under the shade of the Adies canadensis 
or Spruce. A mere variety of S. bifolia? 4: trifolia. v. v. 
Near Green-bay, Lake Michigan. Le stellata, * ».v. Abun- 
dant on the banks of Lake Erie Nery ‘the Mis- 
souri tothe Mandans. 6. ciliata. ->. 7. Pacemosa. Berries 
scarlet, pellucid. aight 
_ A North A | genus, with the ex on of S. bifo- 
lia, also indi the shady forests 
331. POLYGONATUM. Desfontaines ¢Solo- — 
mon’s-Seal.) 
Corolla inferior, | 
inserted on the uPP & 
-cleft, cylindric. Filaments 
of etabe ahs 5 
Steines pean 
-  tund; peduncles 
» Spxcres. 1. e 
