354 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. coNVAtLARi'i. 



Fl. Am. Sept. II. t. 70. Maiaktiiemum canadense D e sfo n to 

 Snn. Mus. IX. p. 54. Plu k. Aim. t. 434. f. 4. 



Root perennial, creeping. Ste77i 4 — 6 inches high, mostly 

 2-leaved near the summit, sometimes with a large radical leaf, 

 erect, terete. Leaves more or less distinctly cordate at the 

 base, very smooth on both sides, acute or acuminate ; petiole 



1 2 lines long. Raceme oblong, many-flowered. Pedicels 



in twos and threes, 1—2 lines long, spreading. Flowers very 

 small. Corolla while, deeply 4-parted ; segments oblong, ob- 

 tuse, rcfiexed. Filamenti short, seated at the base of the pe- 

 tals ; anthe7's oblong, incumbent. Germen subrotund ; style 

 short, triangular; stigvias capitate, slightly 3-lobed. Berries 

 small, globose, when unripe spotted with red, pellucid. 

 Hab. In shady woods, around the roots of trees. May — June. 

 The North-American plant appears to be almosi identical 

 with the European. 



* * Corolla 6-/iarted, sfireading ; Jilaments divergent attached to 

 the base of the segments. (Flowers in a terminal raceme.) 

 SuiLA-CiNA De s/ont aines. 



'2.C. stellata L. : leaves numerous, alternate, oval Ian- 

 oeolate, amplexicaul ; raceme simple, terminal. Willd, 

 5>ec. II. p. 163. Bo^ iiag. t. 1043. Jl/ i r A. F/. I. p. 202. 

 Smilac iNA sie/Za^a Desfont. I. c. p. 52. P ur s h Fl.L 

 p. 233. 



Root creeping, somewhat tuberous. Seem about a foot high. 

 nearly smooth, terete. Leaves about 9, lanceolate or oval- 

 lanceolate, acute, slightly pubescent on the nerves beneath 

 Raccjne 3 — 9-fluwercd, short; fiedicels i — 2 lines long„ 

 Flowers small, white. Corolla deeply 6-parted ; segments 

 spreading, oval-oblong. Style very short, triangular ; stigma 

 slightly 3-l'>bed. 

 Hab. In wet meadows; common in mountainous districts. 

 May — June. 



3. C. Irifolia L. : stem about 3-leaved ; leaves alternate, 

 ovate-lanceolate, contracted at the base; raceme simple, ter- 

 minal, few-flowered, W i II d. Spec. I. p. 163. G m c /. FL 

 Sih. I. p. 36. t. 6. M ich. Fl. 1. p. 202. Smilacina tri- 

 folia D e sfo n t. 1. c. p. 52. Pursh Fl. I. p. 232. 



Root perennial. Stem about a span high, smooth, angular? 

 Leaves generally 3, remote, ovate, contracted and amplexi- 

 caul at the base, very smooth on both sides, erect. Raceme 

 4 — 6-flowered ; fiedicels a line long, thick, with a minute bract 

 at the base. Flowers small, white. Corolla 6-parted ; seg- 

 ments ovate, spreading. Berries small, red. 



Hab. In mountain swamps. Cumington, Massachusetts. 

 Porter. In Pennsylvania and New-York. P a rs A. May. 



4. C. rac&mosa L. : leaves numeroQs, alternate, sessile. 



