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

 segments spreading. May. 



3. C. STELLATA. (Smilacina. Desf.) Star-Jlmoered Solomon's Seed. 



St. erect ; Ivs. numerous, 3- veined, lanceolate, amplexicaul, acute ; fis. 

 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. 



St. recurved ; Ivs. oval, acuminate, subsessile ; roc. compound. — % A lar- 

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

 li— 2f high, dowTiy, gracefully rcQurved 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 suhcampanulate^ ^-fartecL. Berry 2-celled. 



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



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

 olate ; fis. cemuous ; berries blue. — %. Mountainous or hilly woods, Can., N. 

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

 4 — 7' long, \ 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 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. — % 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. TTo\vi^ many, yovv^ knee ; from the many-jointed rhizoma. 



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

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

 simple. Lvs. alternate. Fis. axillary. 



P. MULTiFLORUM. Dcsf, (P. latifolium, angustifolium, biflorum, pubcs- 

 cens and canaliculatum, of PA., &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, 2 J — 6' by 1 — 2i', 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-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. 



13. pubcscciis. Lvs. pubescent beneath, slightly clasping; 5/. 1 — 2f high. — 

 This variety is most common in Now England. 



y. hiflora. Lvs. smooth both sides, \ as wide as long, sessile ; fis. greenish- 

 white, 4 — 5" long; ."!/. round, 1—1 Jf high. 



i. cannliculata. St. channeled on the upper side. 



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

 high— Middle States. 



14. UVULARIA. 



Perianth deeply G-partcd ; segments linear-oblong, acute, erect, 

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



