STREPTOpus. HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 353 



2. S. disiortus ^] i c h. : smooth ; leaves amplexicaul, 

 smooth on the margin ; pedicels distorted and geniculate in 

 the middle ; anthers sagittate, acuminate, much longer than 

 the filaments. Mich. Fl. I. p. 200. Pursh FL ]. p, 

 232. UvuLARiA ampkxijolia L, Willd. Spec. II. p. 93 ? 

 M uhl. Cat, p. 34. 



Root perennial. Stem 2 feet high, very smooth, with several di- 

 chotomous branches. Leaven 2 — 4 inches Ion j^, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, smooth on both sides, many-nerved, actiminatp ; margin 

 very entire. Flowers small, solitary, on filirorm axillary pe- 

 dicels an inch and a half in length ; fiediceln generally dis- 

 torted about the middle. Corolla greenish-yellow ; fietals 

 linear-lanceolate, reflexcd. Filaments very short, flai. ; an- 

 thers sagittate, attenuate into long subulate (ci.tire ?) points. 

 Germen ovate, sessile ; style very thick ; sngmus nearly entire. 



Hab. In shady woods, on high mountdius. Canada t>> Penn- 

 sylvania. Pursh. Near Fairfield, New-York. Hadley. 

 May. 



It appears to be somewhat douhiful whether our plant it 

 identical with the Uvularia ampltxifulia of the north of Eu- 

 rope, and I have not the means of determining the question. 



3. S. lannginosns Mich. : hoary-pubescent ; leave? ses- 

 sile, subcordati: at the base, acuminate ; pedicels by pairs, on 

 a very short footstalk. M i c h. Fl. I. p -201 . Pursh Fl, 

 I. p. 232. Elliott Sk. 1. p. 393. Uvularia lanuginosa 

 BoU Mag. 1490. M It h I. Cat. p. 34. 



Leaves with an abrupt and long acumination. Flowers greenishj 

 three times as large as in the preceding species. Berry with 

 the cells, by abortion, 1 — 2 seeded. Mich. 



Hab. On high mountains. Pennsylvania to Carolina. Pur ah. 

 In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. May. 



246. CONVALLARIA. L, 



Corolla inferior, 6-cIcft. Berry globose, spotted, 

 3-celled. Gen. pi. 575. Juss. p. 42. Lam. IIU 



t. 248. CoNVALLARIA, MaIANTHEMUM, SmILA- 



ciNA at PoLYGONATUM Z)e*y^ Nat. Ord. x\SPA- 

 rage^ Jiiss. Lily of the valley. — Solomon's ScaL 



* Corolla deefily 4,-/iarted, spreading ; stamens 4 ; berry 2-ceUed. 

 (Flowers in a terminal raceme.) Maianthemum D e s- 

 fo7itaines. 



1 . C. hifolia L. : stem 2-leaved ; leaves on short petioles, 

 cordate-oblong, very smooth on both sides ; raceme simple, 

 terminal; flowers tetrandrous. Willd. Spec. II. p. 164, 

 M i c h. Fl. I. p. 201 . B i g. Post. p. 80. Muh I. Cat. 

 p. 33. Smilacina canadensis Pursh Fl. I. p. 233. Bart, 

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