Class VI. Order I. 



ing-, to appearance perforate, oblong acuminate, glaucous under- 

 neath. Peduncles opposite the leaves, turning downwards, fili- 

 form, contorted. Flowers bell shaped, greenish white, the pe- 

 tals reflexed, gibbous at base, where the stamens are inserted. 

 Fruit scarlet, oblong, many seeded. Woods, in the western 

 parts of Massachusetts. June. Perennial. 



STREPTOPUS ROSEUS. MX. Red flowering Streptopus. 



Smooth, leaves clasping, serrulate-ciliate, anthers 

 short, two horned. 



The species a good doal resembles the last, but the leaves ap- 

 pear ciliate, and when viewed with a magnifier are found to be 

 edged with short cartilaginous fiiaments. Flowers reddish. In 

 Vermont and New-Hampshire. June. Perennial. 



144. CONVALLARIA. 



Subgenus SMILACINA. Corolla four or six parted, spread- 

 ing ; flowers terminal. 

 CONVALLARIA BIFOLIA. L. Tivo leaved Solomon's Seal. 



Stem two or three leaved, leaves heart shaped, 

 flowers tetrandrous. Mich. 



Syn. SMILACINA CANADENSIS. Pursh. 



The creeping roots of this little plant cause it to spread ex- 

 tensively in the moist situations where it grows. Its stem is an- 

 gular and furnished with two or three smooth, thin, delicate 

 leaves, oblong heart shaped and sessile, the lower one sometimes 

 pedunculated. Flowers white, in a short erect cluster. Corolla 

 four cleft ; stamens four. Germ round, depressed, style straight, 

 stigma bifid. The ihiripe berries are white and spotted, a cir- 

 cumstance said to be common to all the species, Flowers in 

 May. Perennial. 



CONVALLARIA TRIFOLIA. L. Three leaved Solomon's Seal. 

 Stem pubescent with three alternate leaves ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate ; raceme terminal, lax. 



Syn. SMILACINA TRIFOLIA. Pursh. 



Stem round. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, clasping. Spike 

 terminal, erect, simple. Peduncles short with minute concave 



