84 CONVALLARIACEAE 



8. HEMEROCALLIS L,. 

 1. Hemerocallis fulva L. Day Lily. (Man. p. 261 ; I. F. /. 990.) 

 In meadows and along streams, N. B. and Ont. to Va. and Tenn. Native 

 of Eu. and Asia. — Pennsylvania : Northampton ; Lancaster ; Phh,a- 

 DELPHiA ; Chester ; Monroe ; Delaware ; Allegheny. 



9. YUCCA L. 

 1. Yucca filamentosa L. Adam's NeEdlE. (Man. p. 269 ; I. F. /. 

 W2J.) In sandy soil, Md. to Fla., Tenn. and La. — Pennsylvania : Lan- 

 caster, Mt. Joy. 



Fam. 4. CONVALLARIACEAE Link. Lily-of-the-Valley Famfly. 



Leaves reduced to scales : branchlets very numerous, filiform. 



I. Asp.\ragus. 

 Leaves normal : stems or scapes simple or sparingly branched. 

 Sepals and petals distinct. 

 Plants scapose : leaves basal. 2. Clintonia. 



Plants caulescent : leaves cauline. 

 Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles. 

 Sepals and petals 3 each : stamens 6. 3. Vagnera. 



Sepals and petals 2 each : stamens 4. 4. Unifolium. 



Flowers axillary or opposite the leaves, solitary, or a few in the clusters. 

 Fruit a berry : filaments mostly longer than the anthers. 

 Flowers axillary : filaments dilated : anthers acute. 



5. Streptopus. 

 Flowers terminal : filaments slender : anthers obtuse. 



6. DiSPORUM. 



Fruit a capsule : filaments mostly shorter than the anthers. 



7. UVULARIA. 



Sepals and petals partly united into a tube. 



Flowers axillarj' : perianth tubular : anthers sagittate. 8. Salomonia. 

 Flowers in terminal racemes : perianth campanulate : anthers oblong. 



' 9. CONVALLARIA. 



1. ASPARAGUS L. 

 1. Asparagus ofBcinalis L. Asparagus. (Man. p. 270; I. F. /. 

 1021. ) E-^caped, especially along salt marshes, N. B. to Va. Native of Eu. 

 — Petmsylvania : Monroe ; Northampton ; Philadelphia ; Frank. 

 LIN ; Chester ; Delaware ; Luzerne ; .A.llegheny. 



2. CLINTONIA Raf. 



Perianth greenish yellow : sepals and petals over i cm. long : flowers nodding : 

 berries blue. i. C. borealis. 



Perianth white : sepals and petals less than i cm. long : flowers erect : ber- 

 ries black. 2. C. umbellulata. 



1. Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf. Yellow Clintonia. (Man. p. 

 270; I. F.y. 1029.) In moist woods, Newf. to Minn, and N. C. — Penn- 

 sylvania : Monroe ; Centre ; Tiog.a ; Schuylkill ; Erie ; Somerset; 

 Lackawanna ; Pike. 



2. Clintonia umbellulata (Michx.) Torn White Clintonia. 

 (Man. p. 271 ; I. F. /. fojo.) In woods, N. Y. and N. J. to Ga. and 



