LILIACH.-E. 395 CONVALLARIA. 



Tribe 5. COxWALLARINEiE. 

 Stem arising from a horizontal rhizoma or tuber. 



12. CONVALLA'RIA. 

 Peiianlh 4 — G-pnrled, segniciils sprrading 5 stamens 4 — 6, 

 divcrircnl, arising from the base of tlie scgnnents ; bcriy glo- 

 bose, 2 — 3-celled. 



Lat. convallis, a valley ; the locality of some species. Stem simple. Lv3. 

 alternate. Fls. in terminal racemes or umbels. 



1. C. BIFO'lia. L. Smilacina. Desf. Styrandra. Raf. 

 Liavns 2 — 3, cordate ; flowers tetramerous. A small plant, not uncommon 



in the eti^es of woods and w:\ite Imds, siniruhirly dislinguislied for its 

 4-partpd flowers. Stem angular, about G imhes high. Leaves 2, rarely :!, 

 about 2 inciies long, ^ as wide, ovate, distinctly cordate, sessile, or the lowest 

 on a petiole, llaceme terniimil, erect, an inch long, consisting of 12 — 20 

 white llowers. Berry small, round, and when mature, pale red, speckled with 

 deep red. May. Twu-lcaccd Sjl.omon's Scat, 



2. C. TRIFO'LIA. L. Smilacina. Desf. 

 Lcdces'i — 4, oval-lanceolate, tapering to botii ends, amplexicaul ; niceine 



terminal, simple. A delicate little species in mountain swamps. Stem". — 5 

 inches iiigh, pubescent, angular. Leaves 2 — 3^ inches long, one fifth as 

 wide, acu.ninate, smooth. Flowers 4 — S, white, ti-parted, the segments 

 spreading. May. Tkrec-kaved Sulomuji's Seal. 



3. C. STELLA'TA. L. Smilacina. Desf. 

 Leaves numerous, ovatelan^eolite, ample.xicaul ; rncnnn few-flowered, 



simple. River banks. Stem j— 1 foot liigh. round and smooth. Leaves 

 8 — 10, smooth, glaucous beiieatli,4 — G inches long, J — 1 incii wide, tapering 

 to the apex. Flowers white, about 8, stellate, rather larger than in the next. 

 June. Star-flowered Sulomou's Seal. 



4. C. RACEMO'SA. L. Smilacina. Desf. 

 Leivrs oval, acuminate, subsessile ; raceme compound. A larger species 



than the i)receding. Uhizoma tliick. sweet to the taste. Stem l^— 2 feet high, 

 downy, nriacefuily recurved at top. Leaves 4 — (i inches long, about ^ as wide, 

 contracted into a long acumination, nerved, minulely pubescent. Petioles 

 — 2 lines long. Flowets very numerous, small, white, on white pedicels, and 

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

 terminal raceme. Woods, 4!k;c. June. Clustered Solomon's Seal. 



5. C. BOREA'LIS. C. umbellulata. j(/z. Dracaena. ^iV. Clintonia. i2r;/. 

 Lenrcs oval-lanceolate ; scope umbellate ; berries 2-celled. A plant of much 



elegance of form, found in woods especially in mountainous districts. Pihizoma 

 creepiii<r to some extent. J^eaves 4 — 7 inches long, i^ as wide, petiolate, radical 

 or nearly so, smooth and glossy, fringed with scattered hairs. Scape erect, 

 round, 8 — 1^ inches high, bearing at top a beautiful umbel of 3 — U yellowish 

 green, nodding flowers. Perianth liliaceous, of (i, oblanceolate, erect, spread- 

 ing segments, iierries of a rich amethystine blue. Jn. IVild Lily of the Valley. 



6. C. !\1AJA'LIS. — SW';76 naked, smooth, semi-cylindric ; I en xes nearly 

 radical, ovate ; raceme simple, Lsided. An elegant, sweet s-eiited p|;>nt, 

 native of woods at the South, and is, or deserves to be, a frequent inhabitant 

 of our gardens, l^eaves 2, seldom :», ovate-ellip'.ical. Scape G inches high, 

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



Lily of the Valley, 



