eoNVALLARiA. HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 3^7 



9. C. catxaliculata Wi ltd.: stem canaliculate ; leaves 

 alternate, amplexicaul, oblong, pubescent on the margin ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, 2-flowered. Willd. Hort. Berol.'p, A5. 

 PoLYGONATUM canaliculatum Pursh Fl. I. p. 234. 



Hab. In shady woods. Pennsylvania to Virginia. Pursh. + 



\0, C latifolia L. : stem angular ; leaves sessile, ovate, 

 acuminate ; peduncles one or many-flowered. Willd. Spec. 

 II. p. 162. C. Polygonatum Muhl. Cat. p. 35. Polygo- 

 NATUM latifolium D e sfo nt, 1. c. p. 50. Pursh FL 1. p 

 234. 



Hooi creeping, tuberous. Stem 3—5 feet high, obtusely angu- 

 lar, smooth, curved towards the summit. Leaves 6 inches 

 long, and more than 2 broad, very smooth on both sides, acumi- 

 nate, a little amplexicaul at the base. Peduncles 3--6-flo\ver- 

 ed, long and recurved. Flowers as large as in C. multifloray 

 greenish-white. 



Hab. On the high rocky banks of rivers. June — July. 



The largest North- American species ; but probably only a 

 variety of C. multifiora. It appears to be the C. Polygonatum 

 of Europe. 



247. ASPARAGUS. L. 



Corolla inferior, 6-parted. Style very short ; stig- 

 mas^, i^errz/ 3-ceUed; cells 2-seeded. Gen. pL 

 573. N II tt. Gen. 1.^.226. Juss.^.A>\. Lam. 

 III. t, 249. Nat. Ord. Asparage^ Juss, 



A. officinalis L.: unarmed; stem herbaceous, erect, te- 

 rete, very much branched; leaves setaceous, fasciculate, flexi- 

 ble ; peduncles jointed in the middle. fVil Id. Spec. 11. p. 

 150. Smith Fl. Brit. 1. p. 369. Eng. Bot. t. 339. Purth 

 Fl. I. p. 235. 



Root creeping, fleshy. Stem erect, smooth, 1—2 feet high. 

 Leaves very slender, in numerous small fascicles. Stifiules 

 minute, subsoUtary. Flowers small, drooping, subaxillary, 

 solitary, greenish-white. Corolla deefily 6-paned ; segments 

 lanceolate ; the 3 interior ones spreading towards the extre- 

 mity. Stamens very sijort, included. Gcrmen subrotund ; 

 style very shcM-t ; stigmas 3, united at the base. Berry glo- 

 bose, bright scarlet, shuiing. 5eerfs black. 



Hab- On gravelly and rocky shores. Not uncommon in the 

 vicinity of New-York. Naturalized June. 



Common Asfiaragus. 



