UvcLARiA. CLin. LILIACEiE. 553 



long, ^ as wide, acuminate, smooth. Flowers 4—8, white, 6-parted, the seg- 

 ments spreading. May. ^ , v ovg 



3 C. STELLATA. (Smikcina. Besf.) Star-flowered Solomon's Seal. 



St. erect; Its. numerous, S-veined, lanceolate, amplexicaul, acute; fls. 



x^^\1Vav^ ' Qf^'Tn ''on^T^T"^ ^^"'^S ^'''^'-^' C^°- ^^'^ Northern States, 

 W. to the Miss Stem 10-20' high, round and smooth. Leaves 8-10, smooth 

 glaucous beneath, 4-6' by 9-12", tapering to the apex. Flowers white, about 

 0, stellate, rather larger than in the next. May, Jn. 



4. C. RACEMOSA. (Smilacina. Besf.) Clustered Solomon's Seal. 



St. recurved ; Ivs. oval, acuminate, subsessile ; rac. compound IL A lar 



ger species than the preceding. Rhizoma thick, sweet to the taste. Stem 

 li— 2t high, downy, gracefully recurved at top. Leaves 4—6' long, about h as 

 wide, contracted into a long acumination, veined, minutely pubescent. Peti- 

 oles 0—2' long. Flowers very numerous, small, white, on white pedicels, and 

 with white, exserted, tapering filaments, constituting a large, compound, ter- 

 minal raceme. 



^ 3 Clintonia. Perianth subcavipayudate, Q-parted. Berrij 2-celled. 

 ^^ ^\ ^ri'.w^"/-., ^^- "^"ibellulata. Michx. Dracrena. Ait. Clintonia! 

 Uaf.) Wild Lxhj of the Valley.— Scape umbellate ; Ivs. broad-oval-lance- 

 olate ; fls. cernuous ,■ berries blue.— t; Mountainous or hilly woods. Can., N 

 Eng. to Car., W. to the Miss. Rhizoma creeping to some extent. Leaves 4!—?' 

 long, J as wide, petiolate, radical or nearly so, smooth and glossy, fring-ed with 

 scattered hiiirs. Scape erect, round, 8—13' high, bearing at top a beautiful 

 umbel ot u— b yellowish-green, nodding flowers. Perianth liliaceous, of 6 

 oblanceolate, erect-spreading segments. Berries of a rich amethystine blue. Jn. 

 6. CrvMAJALis. Lilt/ of i/ie Valley. — Scape naked, smooth, semi-cylindric • 

 Ivs. nekrly radical, ovate; rac. simple, 1-sided.— 'Zj. An elegant, sweet-sceuted 

 plant, native of woods at the South, and is, or deserves to be, a frequent inhabi- 

 tant of our gardens. Leaves 2, seldom 3, ovate -elliptical. Scape 6' hitrh with 

 white flowers depending from its upper half in a single rank. May. * ' 



13. POLYGONATUM. 



Gr. Tzo\vi^ many, yow, knee ; from the nany-jointed rhizoma. 



Perianth tubular, cylindrical, 6-cleft ; stamens inserted near the 



summit of the tube ; berry globose, 3-celled, cellis 2-seeded. Si. 



simple. Lvs. alternate. Fls. axillary. 



. P. MULTiFLORUM. Dcsf. (P. latifolium, sngustifolium, biflorum, pubes- 

 cens and canaliculatum, of PA., &c.)—St recurved, smooth; Z^vj/distich- 

 ous, lanceolate, amplexicaul, smooth above; jxdiinclcs axillary, 1— 4-nowered 

 —%. in woods, free States and Can. Stem l--3f high, most recurved in the 

 tallest plants. Leaves more or less clasping at base, or only .sessile in the 

 smallest plants, 2^ — G' by 1 — 2i', veined, smoclh and glossy above, paler and 

 generally pubescent beneath. Peduncles filifona, branching, scarcely a fifth as 

 lung as the leaves. Flowers 5—8" long, pendulous, greenish, sub-cylindric. 

 Berries dark blue or blackish when ripe. Jn. 



a. Lvs. very amplexicaul, smooth both sides, distinctly veined; lower pedun- 

 cles 4-flo\vered. — Plant 2 — 3f high. In rich, damp soils. 



ff.pubescens. Dvs. pubescent beneath, slighiy clasping; st. 1— 2f high 



This variety is most common in New England. 



y. bijlora. Lvs. smooth both sides, \ as wide as long, sessile ; fls greenish- 

 . white, 4—5" long ; sL round, I— IJf high. 



canaliculata,. St. channeled on the upper side. 



0. cc 



e. lalifolia. Lvs. ovate, acuminate, sessile, glabrous. — Stem angled 4 5f 



high— Middle States. ° ' 



14. U V U L A R ) A. 



Perianth deeply 6-parted; segments linear-oblong, acute, erect, 



with a nectariferous cavity at the base of each : filaments very short ; 



