GENUS 2. 



LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY FAMILY. 



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2. Clintonia umbellulata (Michx.) 

 Torr. White Clintonia. Fig. 1282. 



Dracaena umbellulata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 



202. 1803. 

 Clintonia ciliata Raf. Journ. Phys. 89: 102. 



1819. 

 C. umbellata Torr. Fl. N. Y. 2 : 301. 1843. 



Scape more or less pubescent, 8'-i8' 

 high, sometimes bearing a small leaf. 

 Leaves 2-5, oblong, oblanceolate or obo- 

 vate, shorter than the scape or equalling 

 it, acute or cuspidate, ciliate on the mar- 

 gins and sometimes also on the midvein 

 beneath, ii'-4' wide; umbel several-many- 

 flowered ; pedicels ascending or erect, 

 slender, pubescent, at first short, becoming 

 J'-ii' long in fruit; flowers white, odorous, 

 often purplish dotted, 4' '-5" long; perianth- 

 segments obtusish ; ovary 2-celled ; ovules 

 2 in each cavity ; style slender ; berry glo- 

 bose, black, about 3" in diameter, few- 

 seeded. 



In woods, New York and New Jersey to 

 Georgia and Tennessee. Ascends to 4000 ft. 

 in Virginia. Dog-plum. May-June. 



3. VAGNERA Adans. Fam. PL 2: 496. 1763. 

 [SMILACINA Desf. Ann. Mus. Paris 9: 51. 1807.] 



Rootstocks slender, or short and thick. Stem simple, scaly below, leafy above, the 

 leaves alternate, short-petioled or sessile ovate, lanceolate or oblong. Inflorescence a ter- 

 minal raceme or panicle. Flowers white or greenish white, small. Perianth of 6 separate 

 spreading equal segments. Stamens 6, inserted at the bases of the perianth-segments ; fila- 

 ments filiform or slightly flattened; anthers ovate, introrse. Ovary 3-celled, sessile, sub- 

 globose; ovules 2 in each cavity; style short or slender, columnar; stigma 3-grooved or 

 3-lobed. Berry globular. Seeds usually i or 2, subglobose. [Named in honor of Wagner.] 



About 25 species, natives of North America, Central America and Asia. Besides the following, 

 one or two others occur in the western United States. Type species : Convallaria stcllata L. 



Flowers numerous, panicled. i. V. racemosa. 

 Flowers few-several, racemose. 



Plant 8'-2o' high ; leaves numerous. 2. V. stcllata. 



Plant 2'- 15' high; leaves 2-4. 3. V. trifolia. 



i. Vagnera racemosa (L.) Morong. Wild 

 or False Spikenard. Fig. 1283. 



Convallaria racemosa L. Sp. PI. 315. 1753. 



Smilacina racemosa Desf. Ann. Mus. Paris 9: 51. 

 1807. 



V. racemosa Morong, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 114. 1894. 



Rootstock rather thick, fleshy. Stem some- 

 what angled, slender or stout, erect or ascend- 

 ing, leafy, finely pubescent above, or nearly 

 glabrous, sometimes zigzag, i-3 high. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate or oval, sessile or the lower 

 short-petioled, 3 '-6' long, i'-3' wide, acuminate, 

 finely pubescent beneath and sometimes also 

 above, their margins minutely ciliate ; panicle 

 densely many-flowered, i'-4' long, peduncled; 

 pedicels shorter than the flowers, or equalling 

 them ; flowers about 2" broad ; perianth-segments 

 oblong, equalling the ovary ; berry red, aromatic, 

 speckled with purple, 2" -3" in diameter. 



In moist woods and thickets, Nova Scotia to British 

 Columbia, south to Georgia, Missouri and Arizona. 

 Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. Job's-tears. Golden- 

 seal. Small or Zigzag Solomon's-seal. May-July. 



Vagnera amplexicaulis (Nutt.) Greene, of western North America, distinguished from this by 

 its clasping leaves and longer style, may occur in western Nebraska. 



