April, 1913.] Liliales of Ohio. 121 



sessile or short-petioled ; raceme many-flowered ; perianth segments 

 becoming reflexed; fruit a speckled, pale-red berry. In moist 

 woods and thickets. General. 



24. Clintonia Raf. 



Herbs somewhat pubescent with slender root-stocks and erect 



simple scapes and broad, petioled leaves. Inflorescence an umbel 



of bractless flowers ; perianth segments equal or nearly so ; stamens 



united with the perianth; ovulary bi-or tri-locular; fruit a globose 



or oval berry. 



1. Umbel 3-6 flowered, perianth l2~^i in. long, greenish-yellow. 



C. borealis. 

 1. Umbel many flowered, perianth }4: in. long or less than 3^ in. long, white 

 speckled. C. umbellulata. 



1. Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf. Yellow Clintonia. Leaves 

 oval, thin, ciliate, short-acuminate; inflorescence 3-6-flowered; 

 stamens as long as the perianth; ovulary bilocular; berry oval. In 

 moist woods and thickets. Ashtabula County. 



2. Clintonia umbellulata (Mx) Torr. White Clintonia. Herbs 

 with scape 8-18 in. high. Leaves 2-5, oblong, oblanceolate or 

 obovate, acute or cuspidate, ciliate; inflorescence a many-flowered 

 umbel; pedicels pubescent; flowers white, sometimes dotted with 

 purple; ovulary 2-locular; fntit a few-seeded, globose berry. In 

 woods. Harrison, Portage, Wayne. 



25. Convallaria L. Lily-of-the-valley. 



A low perennial with 1 or 2 leaves with sheathing petioles. 

 Scape bearing a one sided raceme of white, rarely pinkish, fra- 

 grant, nodding flowers, perianth of 6 united segments; stamens 

 united with the perianth; filaments short, anthers introrse; fruit a 

 berry. 



1. Convallaria majalis L. Lily-of-the-valley. Scape 4-10 in. 

 high, shorter than the leaves and scaly near the base. Escaped 

 from cultivation in Franklin County. 



26. Asparagus L. Asparagus. 



Stem at first simple, fleshy, scaly and at length becoming much 

 branched and bearing phylloclades, the whole having a plume-like 

 appearance. Flowers small, solitary, umbelled or racemed; per- 

 ianth segments alike, separate or slightly united at the base; 

 anthers introrse; ovulary sessile, trilocular; styles short; berry 

 globose. 



1. Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus. Young stems thick 

 and edible, but later developing into a plume-like branch. Root- 

 stocks much branched; leaves reduced to scales and branchlets 

 reduced to phylloclades; flowers mostly solitary and drooping at 

 the nodes; perianth campanulate; berry red. Escaped from cul- 

 tivation along road-sides, salt marshes and fields. General. 



