Ge S. stellata (Le) Desf. Slim Solomon, Slender herb, 30-50 CMe tall; 
stem flexuous, with 1 or 2 membranous sheathing scales at the base, glabrous; 
leaves 8-12 cm, long, narrowly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or 
obscurely acuminate, narrowed at the base / and clasping, for the most f 
part ascending and often folded, glabrous, sometimes glaucous; raceme 
simple,5-8 cm. long, pedicels 5-12 ma, long on the same plant, curving 
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upvards; verianth segments oblong-lanceolate, 5=8 mm, long; stamens 1/2 
their lengths; berry 7-8 mm, in diameter, at first Green, with 6 longitud- 
inal reddish-purple stripes, becoming bright red; seeds 1-4, sordid white, 
3 mm. long. (Vagnera stellata Morong). . H 
Common throughout our region in rich shaded bottoms and moist woods 
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q) 2500-4500 ft. or more; frequent in meadows where glaucous forms occur, 
their leaves usually semaphore-like, 
yn S. racemose (Le) Desf. Fat Solomon, Rather coarse herb frequently 
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1m, tall; stems elongated with membranous, sheathing scales below, | 
pubescent above; leaves 10-15 cm, long, ovate or oval to oblong or 
lanceolate, acuminate, rounded at the base and clasping, sparingly pubes- 
cent; racemes often compoundspubescent , 5-10 cm long; pedicels 1-3 mm, 
leng; perianth segments 2=2e0 MMe long, oblong, stamens 1/2-1/3 longer; 
style subequal to the segments; berry 4-5 mm, broad, flesh color 
sprinkled with bright red dots, beecning red throughout; seeds 1-2, 
subglobose, sordid white, 5 mm, longe (Se amplexicaulis lutt.;Vagnera 
q) amplexicaulis Greene). 
Frecuent in shaded open woods, 2500-6000 f'te; commonly solitary. 
