CONVALLARIACEAE 



1 U. canadense (Deef.) Greene. Stem slender, 1-3-leayed (usually 2- 

 leaved ,5 18 cm. hinh. glabrous; Leaves ..vate or ovate-lanceolate 2-8 cm long; 

 berry pale red, speckled, about I mm. tlii.-k. Moist woods and thickets: Lab. 



\i g.D Mark. tionnl -Submont. My-Jl. 



2 U dilatatum (Wood' Howell. Stem 2-3-leaved, 2-4 dm. high, glabrous; 

 leaf-bladea broadly cordate, acuminate, 5-10 cm. long and nearly as broad; 

 bcrrv iv, 1 Rlobose, about r, mm. thi.-k. Maianth-nnun bifohum dilatatum Wood. 

 Swampy places: Alaska Calif. Ida. Canadian Rockies. Submont. Mont. 



3. STREPTOPUS Michx. TWISTED-STALK. 



Caulescent perennial herbs, with horizontal rootstocks. Leaves many- 

 aerved, broad, sessile or clasping. Flowers racemose on 1-3-nowered, extra- 

 ixili-iry peduncles. Sepals and petals much alike, greenish or purplish, each d, 

 diM.net. with spreading or recurved tips. Petals keeled. Stamens 6, hypo- 

 gynous; aiamenta flattened, very short; anthers sagittate, opening by lateral 

 slits. < hraiy :;-eelled; stigmas 3-lobed or entire; ovules in 2 rows in each cavity. 

 1^ TI-V <>val or i:lobose; seeds numerous. 



I'l.-iiu branched; pedicels genlculate; berry white. 1- S. amplexifolius. 



I'Unt simple; pc.liccls not geniculate; berry red. 2. .b. curmpes. 



1. S. amplexifolius (L.) DC. Stem 3-10 dm. high, flexuose-branched ; 

 l.-av.-s ovate or ovate-lanecMilate, glabrous and glaucous, 5-13 cm. long; perianth 

 r.-itiipamilatr. .ureenish white, 8-12 mm. long; sepals and petals lanceolate, 

 attcnuat.-; berry globose-ellipsoid, 8-12 mm. long. Damp woods: Greenl. 

 N.C \M -<> iv. Alaska; Eu. Submont.Subalp. Je-Au. 



2. S. curvipes Vail. Perennial, with a rather slender rootstock ; stem simple, 

 1-3 dm. high; leaves sessile, oval to oblong-lanceolate, 3-8 cm. long, acuminate; 

 perianth pale purple or rose-colored; sepals and petals lanceolate, 5-7 mm. long, 

 minutely glandular-pubescent inside; berry globose, 7-9 mm. thick. Open 

 woods: B.C. Ore. Alaska. Submont. Mont. Je-Jl. 



4. KRUHSEA Regel. 



( 'aub-eent perennial herbs, with rootstocks. Leaves broad, sessile or slightly 

 'laspinir. several-nerved. Flowers usually solitary, inserted opposite the leaves. 

 Mower- rotate; petals and sepals with greenish reflexed tips. Stamens 6; filaments 

 v.-ry short : anthers 2-lobed. Ovary 3-celled, becoming a berry. Style none. 



1. K. streptopoides (Ledeb.) Kearney. Stem glabrous, 5-15 cm. high; 

 I- avi-s 1 s, bright green, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 3-5 cm. long; pedicels recurved, 

 1 <-ni. long or less; sepals and petals deeply wine-colored at the base, with yellow- 

 ish green tips: fruit globose, bright red at maturity. Smilacina streptopoides 

 I.i-dfb. N//v jihi/ms (ij(u'nsix 'riling. S. brevipes Baker. Kruhsea Tilingii 

 Kegel. Woods: B.C.; Siberia. Mont. My. 



5. DISPORUM Salisb. 



< laulescent bram-hed perennial herbs, with rootstocks. Leaves broad, many- 

 ri-Tvi-d, s.-ssilc or clasping, often oblique. Flowers terminal, solitary or in small 

 BubumDellate clusters, drooping. Sepals and petals each 3, whitish or greenish 

 yellow, narrow, distinct. Stamens 6, hypogynous; filaments filiform, or some- 

 what flattened; anthers extrorse. Ovary 3-celled; stigmas entire or 3-cleft; 

 ovules _' or more in each cavity. Fruit thick, juicy, (in ours) bright red or orange. 



n.-i :',-f left ; fruit rlerply lohed, obtuse, papillose. 1. D. trachycarpum. 



entire; fruit uctitisli, not papillose, but often pubescent. 2. D. oreganum. 



1. D. trachycarpum S. Wats. Stem 3-6 dm. high, more or less flexuose, 

 more or li-ss pubeseent ; leaves sessile, ovate or oval to ovate-lanceolate, 3-9 cm. 

 lonu, short-acuminate; perianth narrowly campanulate, ochroleucous, 10-15 

 nun. loim; fruit depressed-globose, deeply 3-lobed, 8-10 mm. thick. Prosartes 

 trachycarpa S. Wats. />>. ///./ /.s- Britt,, in part, Canons and hillsides: Man. 

 X.M. Ariz. B.C. Plain -Svbalp. My-Je. 



