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4* l- P- biflorum, Ell. Stem terete or furrowed, smooth, carving above; 

 loaves 2-ranked, sessile or slightly clasping, oblong, S-7-nerved, smooth, or 

 pubescent beneath; peduncles much shorter than the leaves, L - 4-flowered ; 

 flowers greenish; filaments granular-roughened; berry dark-blue. (1*. pubes- 

 reus, and P. multinorum, Purslt.) — Shady banks, Florida, and northward. 

 May. — Stem l°-2° high, naked below. Leaves 3' -4' long, aeute or obtuse. 

 Flowers 4" - 5" lone. 



2. SMILACINA, Desf. Solomon's Skal. 



Perianth 4- or 6-parted, spreading, deciduous. Stamens 4 or 6, inserted on 

 the base of the perianth anthers ovate. Ovary 2 -3-Cclled, with two ovules in 

 each cell. Style short and thick : stigma obscurely 3-lobcd. Berry globular, 

 1 - 2-seeded. — Stems simple, erect, leafy. Flowers small, white, in a terminal 

 raceme or panicle. 



§1. Smilacina. Divisions of the perianth and stamens 6. Ovary 3-celled. 



-f- 1. S. raeemosa, Desf. Pubescent; rhizoma thick; stem flexuous, curv- 

 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 northward. June and July. 

 — Stem 1° - 2° high. Leaves 3' - 5' long. 



§2. Maiaxthemum. Divisions of the perianth and stamens 4. Ovary 2-celled. 

 -f- 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. CONVALLAKIA, L. Lily of the Valley. 



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 rhizoma, and white 

 racemose flowers. 



1 C. majalis, L. — High mountains of North Carolina. May. — Smooth. 

 Rhizoma slender Leaves two, oblong, their long petioles convolute, one within 

 the other. Scape semi-terete, bearing a 1 -sided raceme of fragrant nodding 

 flowers. Berry red. 



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, 



with two or more ovules in each cell. Style elongated : stigma obtuse. Berry 



2 - many-seeded — Stemless herbs, with creeping rootstocks, large radical sheath- 



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