UvuLARiA. CLIII. LILIACE^. 553 



'ong, J as wide, acuminate, smooth. Flowers 4 — 8, white, 6-parted, the 

 segments spreading. May. 



3. C. STELLATA. (Smilacina. Dcsf.) Star-fimvered Solomon's Seal. 



St. erect; Ivs. numerous, 3-veined, lanceolate, amplexicaul, acute ;_^s. 

 few, in a simple, terminal raceme. — % Along rivers, Can. and 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 

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



4. C. RACEMosA. (Smilacina. Desf.) Clustered Solomon's Seal. 



S/. recurved ; te. oval, acuminate, .subsessile; rac. compound. — T]. A lar- 

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

 1^ — 2f 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. 



1^ 3 Clintonia. Perianth subcampanulate, 6-parted. Berry 2-celled. 



5. C. BOREALis. (C. umbellulata. Michx. Dracaena. Ait. Clintonia. 



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

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

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

 4 — 7' long, \ as wide, petiolate, radical or nearlj' so, smooth and glossy, fringed 

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

 ful umbel of 3 — 6 yellowish-green, nodding flowers. Perianth liliaceous, of 6 

 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. — '2|. 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. woXuj, many, yovv, knee ; from the many-jointed rhizoma. 



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

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

 simple. Lvs. alternate. Fls. axillary. 



P. MULTiFLORCM. Dcsf (P. latifolium, angustifolium, biflorum, pubes- 

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

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



q\_ 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, 2^ — 6' by 1 — 2§', veined, smooth and glossy above, paler and 

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

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

 Berries dark blue or blackish when ripe. Jn. 



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

 cles 4-flowered. — Plant 2 — 3f high. In rich, damp soils. 



l3. pubescens. Lvs. pubescent beneath, slightly clasping ; st. 1 — 2f high. — 

 This variety is most common in New England. 



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

 white, 4 — 5" long ; st. round, 1 — IJf high. 



S. canaliculata. St. channeled on the upper side. 



t. 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 ; 



