130. Lii.iACKAE 283 



1. Leaves not longer than the scajje. 



2. Leaves erect, flat, 4-8 mm broad; flowers "iohose, odorless, 

 pale blue; roadsides and woods, occasional, escajjed from 



cult.; Jackson, Union, Edgar, and Hardin counties 



M. botryoidcs (L.) Mill. 



2. Leaves recurxed, 1-3 mm broad, almost terete; flowers ellip- 

 .soid, fragrant, dark blue; occasionally along roads and in 

 fields, escaped from cult, and spreading; native of Eur.; 



Monroe and Montgomery coimties 



M. raccniounn (L.) Mill. 



15. Ornithogalum L. 



O. unibt llaliiiu L. Star-of-Bethlehem. Roadsides, edges of fields, 

 locally abundant; escaped horn cull.; nat. from Eur. Apr. -May. 



16. Asparagus L. 



A. officinalis L. Garden Asparagus. Roadsides and fields, common; 

 nat. from Eiu". May-June. 



17. Smilacina Desf. — False Solomon's-seal 



1. Flowers nimierous in a panicle; jjerianth-segments 1-2 mm long; 

 woods, common. May-June S. racvmosa (L.) Desf. 



1. Flowers few in a raceme; perianth-segments 3-5 mm long; woods, 

 common, extending southward to Macoupin and Wabash 

 counties. Api.-May S. stcUala (L.) L^esf. 



18. Maianthemum Weber — False Lily-of-the- Valley 



M. canadense Desf. Moist woods, n. 111. May-June. Our plants 

 belong to var. ititcrius Fern. 



19. Uvularia L. — Bellwort 



1. Leaves perfoliate, puberulenl beneath; capsules obtusely 3-angled, 



rounded or retuse at the apex; moist woods, not uncommon. 



Apr. -May U. grandiflora Sm. 



1. Leaves se.ssile, glabrous; capsules sharply 3-angled, acutish at 



each end; woods in s. 111., rare. Apr. -May 



U. sessili folia L. 



20. Polygonatum Mill. — Solomon's-seal 



1. Leaves puberulenl on the \eins beneath; lowesl leaf a papery 

 bract, leaving a ring-like scar on the stem; peduncles commonly 

 2-flowered; woods, n.e. 111.; known iiom (look, l)u Page, Kan- 

 kakee, Lake, and Winnebago counties. May-June. [P. hiflonun 

 sensu auth., non (Walt.) Ell. J P. puhvscens (Willd.) Pursh 



1. Leaves glabrous; lowest leaf persi.stent; jK'duncles bearing 2-5 or 

 more flowers. 



