Ornithogalum LILIACEAE Polygonatum 



Ornithogalum L. 



n O. umbellatum L. Star of Bethlehem. 



A garden escape, well established on roadsides in the northern 

 half of our territory. May. Introd. from Europe. /'''Jt^'UC' 



O. nutans L. 



A rare escape: site of old house, Bald Friar (Ce), Long & St. 

 John, 13 April 1918 (A). Introd. from Europe. 



Muscari Mill. Grape Hyacinth. 



M. botryoides (L.) Mill. Blue Bottle. 



An infrequent escape to roadsides. Mid-April, May. Introd. 

 from Europe. 



M. racemosum (L.) Mill. Blue Bottle. 



Escaped from gardens to fields and roadsides; becoming common. 

 Mid-April to mid-May. Introd. from Europe. 



Yucca L. 

 Y. filamentosa L. (7. concava Haw. See Rhodora 46, 5-9. 1944.) 

 Spoon-leaved Yucca. 

 Frequent in sandy pine woods and on dry sand back of beaches, 

 Sussex County and southward. 



Asparagus L. 

 / 'y A. officinalis L. Asparagus. j fij 



Frequently escaping and persisting. June, July. kW^^_]^^_^,....^ 



Smilacina Desf. 

 I i S. racemosa Desf. var. cylindrata Fern. See Rhodora 40, 406. 1938. 

 False Solomon's Seal. 

 Common on wooded slopes, Piedmont and Coastal Plain. Mid- 

 May, early June. Apparently we do not have the northern, typical 

 form of the species. / ^-^j^*' V 



Maianthemum Wiggers. 



M. canadense Desf. Two-leaved Solomon's Seal. 



Common in rich woodlands, and occasional in swamps. Late 

 April to early June. 



Polygonatum Hill. 



P. pubescens (Willd.) Pursh. (P. hiflorum of Gray's Man., ed. 7.) 

 Small Solomon's Seal. 



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