84 SIGILLARIA. No. 85. 



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Sp- Sigillana multiflora. Raf- Stem terete, leaves 

 clasping oblong ovalj acute, smooth, peduncles nodding 

 multiflore. 



DESCRIPTION. Root perennial, horizontal, thick, 

 wrinkled, premorse. Stem simple, erect, two or three 

 feet high, smooth and round. Leaves alternate, longer 



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or suboval, 



base clasping, entire, multinerve, very smooth. Flowers 

 white, pretty large, nearly one inch long, several on 

 axillary reflexed peduncles, three to five sessile- Berry 

 round, red, dotted. 



HISTORY. Linnseus and the Llnneen botanists have 

 united half a dozen genera under the name of Convalla- 

 ria^ which thus has no characters of its own j they are 

 ^ 1. Convallaria* L. Perigone corolliform campanulate, 

 six cleft- Six stamens. Berry three celled. Scapes 

 racemose. Lillies of the valley. C. majalis and C. 

 japonica. 



2. Globeria. Raf. Perigone corolliform dobular, six 

 toothed. Six stamens. Scape spicated. C. spicata of 

 Thunberg. 



3. Sigtllaria.'Rsit 1817- See above: the Polygonatum 

 of Tournefort, bad name, same as Polygonum. All the 

 species vulgarly called Solomon Seal. A genus of anti- 

 diluvian plant has been called Sigillaria by Bronffniart, 

 which ought to be called Sigillites. If any name must 

 be changed, I offer another substitute as good, Axillaria. 



4. Mayanthemum. Pers. {Similacina, Desf. a bad 



parted 



) Perigone corolliform, six 



the base of the segments. Berry three'^celled. ji stem, 

 Jlowersterminal racemose. M. stellatum, M. racemosum, 

 M. tnfohum, &c. 



5. Sty ratidra. Jiaf. 1817. Perigone corolliform, four 

 parted, spreading, four stamens divergent. Berry two 

 celled. Habit as the last. St. bifolia. 



6. Clinlonia. Raf. 1817. Perigone corolliform, six 



?w„ ^^'"P'-essed, stigma bilobe, compressed. Berry 

 t^o celled, cells polysperm. ~ ^ - ' 



Jiower,. Several sVcies callec 



Scape with umbellate 



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