LILIACEJE. (LILY FAMILY.) 481 
1. P. biflorum, Ell Stem terete or furrowed, smooth, curving above; 
leaves 2-ranked, sessile or slightly clasping, oblong, 3-7-nerved, smooth, or 
pubescent beneath; peduncles much shorter than the leaves, 1- 4-flowered ; 
flowers greenish; filaments granular-roughened ; berry dark-blue. (P. pubes- 
cens, and P. multiflorum, Pursh.) — Shady banks, Florida, and northward. 
May.— Stem 19-29 high, naked below. Leaves 3'—4! long, acute or obtuse. 
Flowers 4” — 5" long. 
2. SMILACINA, Desf. Sorowow's SEAL. 
Perianth 4- or 6-parted, spreading, deciduous. Stamens 4 or 6, inserted on 
the base of the perianth : anthers ovate. Ovary 2 — 3-celled, with two ovules in 
each cell. Style short and thick: stigma obscurely 3-lobed. Berry globular, 
1 - 2-seeded. — Stems simple, erect, leafy. Flowers small, white, in a terminal 
raceme or panicle. 
$1 Smitacina. Divisions of the perianth and stamens 6. Ovary 3-celled. 
1. S. racemosa, Desf. Pubescent; rhizoma thick; stem flexuous, curvy- 
ing and leafy above; leaves numerous, 2-ranked, oblong, acuminate, nearly 
sessile, strongly ribbed ; flowers numerous, in a close raceme or panicle; berry 
red, spotted. — Rich soil in the upper districts, and. nani. Jung. and ir 
— Stem 1? - 2? high. Leaves 3' - 5! long. oe 
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2. S. bifolia, Ker. Smooth; rhizoma slender; stem low, erect, 2-leaved 
above ; leaves ovate, cordate, sessile or clasping, finely nerved ; raceme simple, 
few-flowered ; berry red, spotted.— High mountains of North Carolina, and 
northward, June. — Stem 3'-6' high. Leaves 1/-2/ long. 
3. CONVALLARIA, L. Lir or ras VALLET. 
Perianth bell-shaped, 6-cleft, deciduous. Stamens 6, inserted on the base of 
the perianth, included : anthers fixed at the base. Ovary 3-celled, tapering into 
the thick style. Ovules 4-6 in each cell. Stigma truncate. Berry globose, 
few-seeded. — A perennial stemless herb, with a creeping Tine and mne 
racemose flowers. 
1. C. majalis, L. — High mountains of North Carolina. — 
Rhizoma slender. Leaves two, oblong, their long petioles convolute, one within 
the other. Scape semi-terete, bearing a l-sided raceme of fragrant nodding 
flowers, Berry red. 
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4. CLINTONIA, Raf. 
Perianth bell-shaped, 6-leaved, deciduous. Stamens 6, inserted on the base of 
. the perianth. Filaments filiform; anthers linear-oblong. Ovary 2 - 3-celled, 
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