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1. P. biflorum, Ell. Stem terete or furrowed, smooth, curving above; 

 leaves 2-raiiked, sessile or slightly clasping, oblong, 3 - 7-ncrvcd, 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 I'' -2° high, naked below. Leaves 3' -4' long, acute or obtuse. 

 Flowers 4" - 5" long. 



2. SMILACINA, Desf. Solomon's Se.\l. 



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

 the base of the perianth anthers ovate. Ovary 2-3-cened, 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, Avhite, in a terminal 

 raceme or panicle. 



^1. S.^IILACINA. Divisions of the perianth and afnmens &. Ovary ^-celled. 



1. S. racernosa, 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 noitliward. June and July, 

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



§ 2. Maianthemum. Divisions of the perianth and stamens 4. Ovary 2-ceUed. 



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' hig-h. Leaves 1'- 2' lone. 



3. CONVALLARIA, L. Lily of the Yalley. 



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. Beny 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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