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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Smilaclnd. 



-f. Flowers 



In Virginia and Canada. Desfonlaines. % 



very small, white. 

 / . S. caule altevne folioso, foliis sessilibus oblongo-ovalibus 



acurainatis nervosis pubescentibus, floribus terminali- 



bus racemoso-paniculatis. — Desfont. I.e. p. 51. 

 Icon. Corn, canad. t. 37. Pink. aim. t. 311./. 2. Bot. 



mag. 899. 

 In mountain woods : Canada to Carolina ; common. 



2/ . June, July. v. v. Flowers small, yellowish. 



306. POLYGONATUM. Desfont. in mus. hist. nat. 9. 

 p. 48. 



angustifo- 1. P. caule teretl, foliis alternls sessilibus elliptico-lanceo- 



lium. latis sensim acutis subtrinervibus glabris, pedunculis 



axiilaribus elongatis subbifloris. 

 Convallaria biflora. Walt.fl.. car. 122. 

 In reeky situations : Pensylvania to Virginia. 1/ . May, 

 June. V. V. Fiowers yellowish-white, with green 

 tips, as most of this genus. 

 canalicula. 2. P. caule canaliculato, foliis alternis amplexicaulibus ob- 

 tum. longis margine pubescentibus, pedunculis axillaribus 



bifloris. 

 Convallaria canaliculata. IVilld. hort. lerol. 45. 

 In shady woods : Pensylvania to Virginia. 1/. June. 



V. V. 



pulescens. 3. P. caule teretiusculo sulco exarato, foliis alternis am- 

 ple,xicaulibus ovatis subtus pubescentibus, pedunculis 

 axillaribus subbifloris. 



Convallaria pubescens. IVilld. hort. berol. 45. cum icone. 



On rocks, near water : New Fkigland to Carolina. 1/ . 

 May, June. v. v. 

 hirlum. 4, P. caule angulato hispido, foliis alternis subamplexicau- 



libus ovatis obtuse acuminatis, pedunculis axillaribus 

 trifloris. 



Convallaria hiria Lam. encycl.4. p. 36q. 



In North Amenra. Bosc. %.-{-. 

 multiflorum. 5. P. caule tereti, foliis alternis amplexicaulibus oblongo- 

 ovalibus, pedunculis axillaribus multifloris. — Desfont. 

 I. c. p. 50. 



Convallaria multiflora. Willd. sp. pi 2. p. 162. 



Icon. Fl. dan. ]52. Allot jy. Engl. lot.27g. 



In dry hilly woods : Canada to Carolina. IJ. . June, July. 

 r. V. 



