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2. Salomonia biflora (Walt.) Britt. Hairy Solomon's-seal. 

 A slender herb S in -3 ft. high with glabrous stem. Leaves acute 

 or acuaiinate at the apex, often obtuse at the base, pubescent 

 (especially on the veins) beneath, glabrous above; peduncles 

 commonly 2-flowered, sometimes 1-4 flowered; flowers y^-Yz 

 inch long. In woods and thickets. General. 



22. Vagnera Adans. False Solomon's Seal. 



Herbs with stems scaly below and leafy above. Leaves 

 alternate, short petioled or sessile ; inflorescence a terminal raceme 

 or panicle; flowers small, white or greenish; staniens united with 

 the base of the segments; anthers introrse; fruit a globular berry; 

 seeds 1 or 2. 



1. Flowers numerous and panicled. V. racemosa. 



1. Flowers few and racemose. 2. 



2. Leaves numerous. V. sleUala. 

 2. Leaves 2-4. V. irifolia. 



1. Vagnera racemosa (L.) Mor. Panicled False Solomon's- 

 seal. Herbs with fleshy root-stocks and angled, leafy stems 1-3 

 ft. high. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, or oval, sessile or short- 

 petioled, 2^-6 in. long, acuminate, finely pubescent beneath, 

 margins ciliate; panicle dense, peduncled; perianth segments 

 oblong; fruit an aromatic red berry speckeled with purple. In 

 moist woods and thickets. General. 



2. Vagnera stellata (L.) Mor. Stellate False Solomon's- 

 seal. A leafy herb 8-2U in. high with a stout fleshy rootstock. 

 Stems glabrous; leaves oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, sessile or 

 clasping, minutely pubescent beneath; inflorescence a raceme ^- 

 2 in. long, several-flowered; berry reddish or green striped with 

 black. In moist soil. General. 



3. Vagnera trifolia (L.) Mor. Three-leaf False Solomon's- 

 seal. A glabrous herb with slender root-stocks usually with 3, 

 sometimes 2-4 leaves. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sessile, 

 acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base; inflorescence 

 a few flowered panicled raceme, perianth segments obtuse or 

 somewhat reflexed; berry dark red. In bogs and wet places, 

 Fulton, Lorain. 



23. Unifolium Adans. False Lily-of-the-valley. 



Low herbs with slender rootstocks; simple, few-leaved stems 

 and small white flowers in a small, tenninal raceme. Perianth of 

 separate, spreading segments; stamens 4, united with the base of 

 the segments; ovukiry sessile, 2-locular, berry 1-2 seeded. 



1. Unifolium canadense (Desf.) Greene. False Lily-of-the- 

 valley. Herbs 2-7 in. high with slender stems, bearing 1-3, 

 iisually 2, leaves. Leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or cordate, 



