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4 stamens. See my med. flora article Sigillaria, 

 and my flora lellur. for the Genera blended in 

 Convallaria and Dracena. The characters of 

 Clintonia are perigone corolliform 6parted 

 campan. deciduous, 6 stamens inserted at the 

 base, filiform, anthers oblong, style compressed, 

 stigma bilobe compressed. Berry bilocular, 

 cells polysperm. Roots creeping perennial, 

 stem scapose leafy at the base only, flowers 

 terminal geminate or umbellate whitish, ber- 

 ries blue — they are rare plants of the Canada 

 region and the highest Mountains, flowers ver- 

 nal, called Cuscum by the Linapian tribes. 

 Dedicated to my friend the worthy D. Clinton 

 a worthy Philosopher, NaturaUst and Botanist 

 as eminent as Jefferson. Beck reduces the sp. 

 to C. borealis and multiflora which are each 

 the type of a subgenus, but include several sp. 

 and varieties, that I have carefuly studied. 



427. Subgenus Cuscumia Raf. (or Podani- 

 siA if too barbarous) flowers 2 to 5 no bracts, 

 sepals oblong or lanceolate opening like a bell, 

 style equal or longer than stamens, stigma bi- 

 lobed. Only 2 or 3 leaves, flowers ocliroleu- 

 coiis, peduncles unequal. 



428. Subgenus Onyxula Raf. flowers um- 

 bellate 7 to 15 with one or more minute bracts, 

 sepals unguiculate or base attenuated, claws 

 erect, limb oboval spreadihg or rotate, style 

 shorter than stamens, stigma notched. Several 

 leaves 4 to 7 subradical, flowers white, pe- 

 duncles eqaal. 



429. Clintonia (Cusc) biflora Raf. Three 

 similar leaves elliptic cuneate acuminate cili- 

 ate, scape smooth elongate biflore, peduncles 

 erect unequal, sepals lanceolate obtuse berries 

 rounded — Apalachian Mts. or Southern Alle- 



