LILY FAMILY 59 



13. CLINTONIA. Clintonia. 



1. C. uniflora Kunth. Leaves 2 to 5, thin, 3 to 9 in. long, 

 1 or 2 in. broad, shortly- 

 acute, tapering to the 

 sheathing base, sparsely 

 hairy. Flower white, erect, 

 24 to 1 in. long, pubescent, 

 the segments distinct and 

 exceeding the 6 stamens. 

 Style one. 



The most conspicuous 

 part of this plant is the 

 cluster of large leaves, 

 which much exceeds the 

 single-flowered, naked pe- 

 duncle. It grows from a 

 creeping rootstock and is 

 found only in shady places 

 along our lower borders, 

 as in the Merced and Tu- 

 olumne groves and near 

 Chinquapin. It is closely related to Smilacina and Disporum, 

 as is indicated by the berry-like fruit. 



14. SMILACINA. False Solomon's Seal. 

 Stems simple and leafy, from rootstocks, bearing small 

 white flowers in close clusters. Leaves sessile and clasping, 

 many-nerved. Perianth-segments not united, spreading. Style 

 single, 3-lobed at summit. Fruit a globose 1 to 3-seeded 

 berry. ( Vagnera. ) 



1. S. sessilifolia Nutt. Stem 1 to 2 ft. high. Leaves ovate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, 2 to 6 in. long, acute, obscurely pu- 

 bescent. Flowers in a simple raceme, the pedicels spreading. 

 Stamens shorter than the lanceolate perianth-segments, their 

 filaments very slender. — Rarely met with; more common in 

 the Coast Ranges. 



2. S. amplexicatilis Nutt. Similar to no. 1 but often larger 

 and coarser, the flowers in branched clusters (panicles). Sta- 

 mens much longer than the perianth, their filaments broad. — 

 Occurs only sparingly, as in Yosemite Valley and along the 

 Wawona Road. The herbage is usually rough with short 

 hairs, especially among the flowers, but a perfectly smooth 

 and glabrous form (or species ?) occurs at 8500 ft. in Mat- 

 terhorn Canon and elsewhere in the Sierra Nevada. 



