UvuLARiA. CLIII. LlLIACEyE. 663 



long, I as wide, acuminate, sinootli. Flowers 4 — 8, white, C-parted, the 

 segments spreading. May, 



3. C. STELLATA. (Siuilacina. Dcsf.) Star-Jiowercd Solonwii's Seal. 



SI. erect; lv$. numerous, 3-vcined, lanceolate, amplexicaul, acute; yfi. 

 lew, in a simple, tcrmiiuil raceme. — 74- Aloni^ rivers, Can. and Northern States, 

 W. to the Miss. Stem 10 — 'JO' hii,'h, round and smooth. Leaves 8 — 10, smooth, 

 glaucous beneath, 1 — G' by 1) — 1"J", tapering to the apex. Flowers while, about 

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



4. C. RACKMosA. (Smilacina. Dcsf.) Clustered Solomon^ s Seal. 



S/. recurved ; /r."c. oval, acuminate, subsessile; roc. compound. — Tj. A lar- 

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

 IJ — 21" high, downy, gracefully recurved at top. Leaves 4 — 6' long, about I as 

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

 oles — 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 subcampanulate^ Q-parted. Berry 2-ceUed. 



5. C. BORKALis. (C. umbcllulata. Michx. Dracaena. Ait. Clintonia. 



Raf.) Wild Lily of the Valley. — Scape umbellate; Ivs. broad-oval-lance- 

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

 Eng. to Car., W. to the Miss. Rhizoma creeping to some extent. Leaves 

 4 — 1' long, i as wide, petiolate, radical or nearly so, smooth and glossy, fringed 

 with .scattered hairs. Scape erect, round, 8 — 13' high, bearing at top a beauti- 

 ful umliel of 3 — 6 yellowish-green, nodding flowers. Perianth liliaceous, of (i 

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



6. C. MAJALis. Lily of the Valley. — Scape naked, smooth, semi-cylindric ; 

 Ivs. nearly radical, ovate ; rac. simple, 1-sided. — % An elegant, .sweet-scented 

 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' high, with 

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



13. POLYGONATUM. 



Gr. TToXtif , many, yovv^ knee ; from Ihe manj- -jointed rhizoma. 



Perianth tubular, cyliudrical, G-cleft ; stamens inserted near the 

 summit of the tube ; berry globose, 3-celled, cells 2-seeded. — St. 

 simple. Lvs. alternate. Fls. axillary. 



P. MULTiFLORUM. Desf. (P. latifolium, angustifolium, biflorum, pubos- 

 cens and canaliculatum, oi Ph., &c.) — St. recurved, smooth; lvs. distich- 

 ous, lanceolate, amplexicaul, smooth above; peduncles axillary, 1 — 4-flowered. 

 — % in woods, free States and Can. Stem 1 — 3f high, most recurved in the 

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

 smallest plants, 2i — G' by 1 — 2j', veined, smooth and glos.sy above, paler and 

 generally pubescent beneath. Peduncles fililorm, branching, scarcely a filth as 

 long 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-flowered. — Plant 2 — 3f high. In rich, damp soils. 



(3. pubcsceiis. Lvs. pubescent beneath, slightly clasping; st. 1 — 2f high. — 

 This variety is most common in New England. 



y. biflora. Lis. smooth both sides, \ as wide as long, sessile ; fls. greenish- 

 white, 4 — b" long; St. round, 1— Uf high. 



6. canaliculala. St. channeled on the upper side. 



£. latifolia. Lvs. ovate, acuminate, sessile, glabrous. — Stem angled, 4 — 5f 

 high— Middle States. 



14. UVULARIA. 



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

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



