356 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Convallaria, 



Pursh) in the carina of the leaves being smooth, and the 

 flowers not fragrant. I should have taken them for varieties 

 of the same plant, had they not been considered as distinct by 

 several eminent Botanists. 



# * * * Corolla ^-cleff.^ cylindric ; filaments inserted on the ufifier 

 jiart of the tube; berry 3-celled ; cells 2-seeded. (Flovf^rc 

 axillary. J Polygonatum B e sfo n taines. 



6. C. nwltiflora L. : stem terete ; leaves alternate, am- 

 plexicaul, oblong-oval ; peduncles axillary, many-flowered. 

 WiUd, Spec. II, p. 162. .9m i t k Ft. Brit. I. p. 372. Eng. 

 jBo^ t. 279. Big. Bost. p. SI. PoLYGOisArvm muUiJlurum 

 Desfont. I. €.[). 50. P ur s h FL I. ^. 235, Elliott 

 Sk. I. p. 394. Cold. ^oveb. 77. 



Hoot creeping, large and fleshy. Stem 2 — 3 feet high, a little 

 curved, very smooth. Leaves smooth on both sides, paler be' 

 neath, many-nerved. Peduncles nodding, secund, 2 — 4-flower' 

 et!. CorrAla greenish-white, about three-fourths of an inch 

 long, tubular, smooth; border a little dilated. Stamens very 

 short ; filaments inserteil into the tube opposite the segments j 

 anthers oblong. Germen subglobose ; style shorter than the 

 corolla ; stigma triangular. Berries dark blue. 



Hab. On dry rocky hills. June — July. 



7. C. bijiora Walt,: stem terete, smooth; leaves alter- 

 nate, elliptical-lanceolate, 3-nerved; peduncles axillary, soli- 

 tary, 2- flo«\ered. Walt. Car. ip. 122. Smilacina btjlora 

 E <■ tio tt Sk. I. p. 393. S. angustifolia Pursh FL I, p. 

 234. 



Flowers yellowish-white, with green tips. Ph. 



Hab. In rocky situations. Pi-nnsylvania to Virginia. Purs h. 

 I have specimens of a Convallaria sent to me from 

 Salem, North-Carolina, by Mr. Schweiniez, under 

 the nan^e <if C. angustifolia, agreeing exactly with the de- 

 scription of Pursh and Elliott^ which, I have little 

 d'ubt, IS only a variety of C. multifiora, 



8. 'C. pubescens W i 1 1 d. : stem nearly terete, furrowed; 

 leaves alteroate, amplexicaul, ovate, pubescent beneath ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, generally 2-flowered. Willd. Hart. 

 BeroL p, 45. t. 43. Mu/il. Cat, p. 35. Polygonatum 

 pubescens Pursh FL I. p. 234. Elliott Sk. I. p. 394, 



Root creeping, tuberous. Stetn about a foot and a half high, curv- 

 ed, smooth. Leaves obiung ovate, acuminate, contracted at 

 the base, 5 — 7-(ierved, pale and pubescent beneath. Pedun- 

 cles axillary, filiform, nodding, forked towards the extremity. 

 Flowers not half as large as in the preceding species, ycllow- 

 isii-wViite, greenish at the tips and base. 



Hab. On rocks : common. June. 



