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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  Ovary 
  3-celled, 
  6-ovuled 
  ; 
  style 
  short 
  and 
  stout, 
  with 
  a 
  some- 
  

   what 
  3-lobed 
  stigma. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  1-2-seeded 
  berry. 
  

  

  1. 
  S. 
  racemosa 
  Desf. 
  FALSK 
  SPIKENARD. 
  A 
  showy 
  plant 
  with 
  

   curved 
  stem 
  1-3 
  ft. 
  high, 
  downy 
  throughout. 
  Leaves 
  abundant, 
  oval 
  

   or 
  ovate-lanceolate, 
  taper-pointed. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  in 
  a 
  compound 
  

   raceme. 
  Berries 
  pale 
  red, 
  speckled 
  with 
  dark 
  red 
  or 
  purple. 
  Moist 
  

   thickets. 
  

  

  2. 
  S. 
  stellata 
  Desf. 
  Plant 
  1 
  ft. 
  or 
  less 
  in 
  height, 
  nearly 
  smooth. 
  

   Leaves 
  broadly 
  lanceolate, 
  acute, 
  clasping. 
  Flowers 
  few, 
  larger 
  than 
  

   in 
  No. 
  1, 
  in 
  a 
  simple 
  raceme. 
  Berries 
  very 
  dark 
  red. 
  Along 
  river 
  

   banks. 
  

  

  XX. 
  MAIANTHEMUM 
  Wiggers. 
  (UNIFOLIUM) 
  

  

  Stem 
  low. 
  Leaves 
  2-3, 
  lanceolate 
  or 
  ovate, 
  with 
  a 
  heart- 
  

   shaped 
  base. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  white, 
  solitary 
  or 
  in 
  a 
  sim- 
  

   ple 
  raceme. 
  Perianth 
  4-parted. 
  Stamens 
  4. 
  Ovary 
  2-celled 
  ; 
  

   stigma 
  2-lobed. 
  

  

  1. 
  M. 
  canadense 
  Desf. 
  TWO-LEAVED 
  SOLOMON'S 
  SEAL, 
  WILD 
  

   LILY 
  OF 
  THE 
  VALLEY. 
  Plant 
  3-6 
  in. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  very 
  short- 
  

   petioled. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  globular 
  or 
  ovoid 
  berry, 
  whitish, 
  with 
  brownish- 
  

   red 
  blotches. 
  Woods 
  and 
  shaded 
  banks 
  N. 
  

  

  XXI. 
  STREPTOPUS 
  Michx. 
  

  

  Herbs 
  with 
  forking 
  stems 
  from 
  a 
  creeping 
  rootstock. 
  Leaves 
  

   clasping. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  borne 
  singly 
  or 
  in 
  pairs 
  on 
  peduncles 
  

   which 
  arise 
  above 
  the 
  leaf 
  axils 
  and 
  which 
  are 
  sharply 
  bent 
  

   or 
  twisted 
  near 
  the 
  middle. 
  Anthers 
  arrow-shaped. 
  Ovary 
  

   3-celled, 
  ripening 
  into 
  a 
  red, 
  many-seeded 
  berry. 
  

  

  1. 
  S. 
  amplexifolius 
  DC. 
  LIVER 
  BERRY. 
  Stem 
  smooth, 
  2 
  ft. 
  or 
  

   more 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  smooth-margined. 
  Flowers 
  greenish-white. 
  Damp 
  

   woods. 
  

  

  2. 
  S. 
  roseus 
  Michx. 
  LIVER 
  BERRY, 
  JACOB'S 
  LADDER. 
  Branches 
  

   with 
  a 
  few 
  bristly 
  hairs. 
  Lower 
  leaves 
  margined 
  with 
  fine 
  bristles. 
  

   Flowers 
  reddish 
  or 
  purplish. 
  Cold, 
  damp 
  woods 
  N. 
  

  

  XXII. 
  POLYGONATUM 
  Hill. 
  (SALOMONIA) 
  

  

  Rootstock 
  creeping, 
  jointed, 
  scarred. 
  Stems 
  simple, 
  erect, 
  

   scaly 
  below, 
  leafy 
  above. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  oval 
  or 
  oblong. 
  

   Flowers 
  on 
  axillary, 
  1-4-flowered, 
  drooping, 
  jointed 
  peduncles. 
  

  

  