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g@, Smilacina Desf. False Solomon's Seal, 
Stems simple, leafy, from slender horizontal rootstocks; leaves 
sessile. Flowers borne in terminal racemes, pvedicels jointed at the 
summit, each subtended by a smell scale, Perianth white, witherings)  =/ 
versistent, the segments distinet, equal, spreading. Stamens inserted 
at the base of the perianth-segments, anthers versatile. Style obscure- 
ly 3-lobed at the apex, persistent; fruit a globose berry with 1-4 seeds, 
Oo Leaves mostly 2-3 cme broad; flowering stem unbranched ; S,. stellata 
© Leaves mostly $-5 cm. broad; flowering stem branched 2. Se. racemosa 
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