Class VI. Order I. 133 



bractes. Corolla rotate with six lanceolate reflexed petals. Sta- 

 mens six, straight, spreading. Germ triangular-ovate ; style 

 straight, stigma triple. Near the Monadnock mountain, Mr. 

 Nuttall. May. Perennial. 



CONVALLARIA STELLATA. 



Stem clothed with alternate, clasping, lanceolate 

 leaves ; raceme simple, terminal, few flowered. 



Syn. SMILACIKA STELLATA. Pursh. 



About a foot high. Stem round, smooth, flexuous. Leaves 

 alternate, two ranked, oblong or lanceolate, clasping, smooth 

 above, glaucous or downy underneath. Raceme terminal, erect, 

 simple, consisting of a few white flowers with six oblong petals 

 and six stamens. Low grounds, South Boston. June. 



CONVALLARIA RACEMOSA. L. Clustered Solomon's Seal. 



Leaves alternate, nearly sessile, oval, acuminate ; 

 raceme terminal, compound. 



A large species, every part of it covered with fine down. 

 Root fleshy, sweet and mucilaginous. Leaves alternate, oblong, 

 laro-e, nerved, smooth in appearance, tapering to a long point, 

 their base narrowed into a sort of petiole. The stem terminates 

 in a compound raceme of white flowers on peduncles generally 

 of the same colour. Corolla rotate, of six small linear divisions. 

 Stamens longer than the petals, with conical filaments. Germ 

 round. Style straight, short. In low ground. June. Perennial. 



Subgenus POLYGONATUM. Flowers cylindrical. 

 CONVALLARIA MULTIFLORA. L. Many flowered Solomon's Seat. 



Leaves alternate, clasping ; stem round ; pedun- 

 cles axillary, many flowered. L. 



Syn. PoLrcoNATUM MULTIFLORUM. Pursh. 



A smaller plant than the preceding species. Stem about two 

 feet high, smooth, round, simple, nodding at top. Leaves alter- 

 nate, oval, nerved, pale and pubescent underneath, slightly clasp- 

 ing at base. Flower stalks axillary, drooping, branched, sup- 

 porting several pendulous green flowers. Corollas long, funnel 

 shaped, somewhat cylindrical, six cleft. Anthers oblong, acufp. 



