﻿LILY 
  FAMILY 
  41 
  

  

  Perianth 
  tubular, 
  6-cleft. 
  Stamens 
  6, 
  included, 
  inserted 
  about 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  tube 
  ; 
  anthers 
  arrow-shaped. 
  Ovary 
  3- 
  

   celled, 
  many-ovuled 
  ; 
  style 
  slender 
  ; 
  stigmas 
  knobbed 
  or 
  3- 
  

   lobed. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  few-seeded 
  berry.* 
  

  

  1. 
  P. 
  biflorum 
  Ell. 
  HAIRY 
  SOLOMON'S 
  SEAL. 
  Stem 
  simple, 
  erect, 
  

   arched, 
  nearly 
  naked 
  below, 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  2-ranked, 
  sessile 
  

   or 
  clasping, 
  3-7-nerved, 
  smooth 
  above, 
  pale 
  and 
  downy 
  beneath. 
  

   Peduncles 
  short, 
  1-4, 
  often 
  2-flowered. 
  Perianth 
  greenish, 
  1-2 
  in. 
  

   long. 
  Filaments 
  thread-shaped, 
  roughened. 
  Berry 
  dark 
  blue. 
  Shady 
  

   banks.* 
  

  

  2. 
  P. 
  commutatum 
  Dietrich. 
  SMOOTH 
  SOLOMON'S 
  SEAL. 
  Stem 
  

   simple, 
  stout, 
  curving 
  above, 
  3-8 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  lanceolate 
  to 
  ovate, 
  

   many-nerved, 
  partly 
  clasping, 
  smooth 
  on 
  both 
  sides. 
  Peduncles 
  

   nearly 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  leaves, 
  2-6 
  -flowered. 
  Perianth 
  greenish- 
  

   yellow, 
  f 
  in. 
  long. 
  Filaments 
  smooth. 
  Berry 
  blue, 
  \ 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter. 
  

   In 
  rocky 
  woods 
  and 
  along 
  streams.* 
  

  

  XXIII. 
  CONVALLARIA 
  L. 
  

  

  Low, 
  smooth, 
  apparently 
  stemless, 
  perennial 
  herbs. 
  Leaves 
  2, 
  

   oblong, 
  with 
  long 
  petioles, 
  from 
  a 
  slender, 
  creeping 
  rootstock. 
  

   Scape 
  slender, 
  angled, 
  inclosed 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  by 
  the 
  leafstalks. 
  

   Flowers 
  racemed, 
  white, 
  drooping. 
  Perianth 
  bell-shaped, 
  with 
  

   recurved 
  lobes. 
  Stamens 
  borne 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  perianth. 
  

   Ovary 
  3-celled, 
  ripening 
  into 
  a 
  few-seeded 
  red 
  berry. 
  

  

  1. 
  C. 
  majalis 
  L. 
  LILY 
  OF 
  THE 
  VALLEY. 
  A 
  familiar 
  garden 
  flower, 
  

   cultivated 
  from 
  Europe, 
  and 
  also 
  found 
  wild 
  in 
  mountain 
  woods 
  from 
  

   Virginia 
  to 
  Georgia. 
  

  

  XXIV. 
  TRILLIUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Low 
  herbs, 
  with 
  the 
  stem 
  springing 
  from 
  a 
  short 
  rootstock. 
  

   Leaves 
  3, 
  large, 
  netted-veined, 
  in 
  a 
  whorl. 
  Flower 
  large, 
  ter- 
  

   minal. 
  Perianth 
  of 
  6 
  parts, 
  the 
  3 
  sepals 
  unlike 
  the 
  3 
  petals 
  

   in 
  color 
  and 
  in 
  texture. 
  Stamens 
  6, 
  with 
  the 
  linear 
  anthers 
  

   usually 
  opening 
  inward, 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  filaments. 
  Stigmas 
  

   3, 
  sessile, 
  spreading 
  at 
  the 
  tips 
  ; 
  ovary 
  3- 
  or 
  6-angled, 
  3-celled, 
  

   many-seeded. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  roundish, 
  many-seeded 
  purple 
  berry. 
  

  

  1. 
  T. 
  sessile 
  L. 
  Rootstock 
  erect 
  or 
  ascending, 
  corm-like. 
  Stem 
  

   slender, 
  1-8 
  in. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  broadly 
  oval, 
  obtuse 
  or 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  rounded 
  and 
  sessile 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  3-5-nerved, 
  smooth, 
  bright 
  

  

  