66 AUT. BOT. 



sis genicul. filif. 2ang. fol. tenuis angustissimis 

 elonsr. lin. filif. acutis, spathis 2valvis subeq. 

 lanceol. fl. brevior '2-5^. petalis obt. cuspid. cap- 

 sulis glob«»sis — Arkanzas and Texas, annual^ 

 semipedal, leaves 2-4 inchcs long very slender, 

 fl. blne, larger than in S. anceps. 



483, Sisyr. floridaniim Raf. Scaposum, fol. 

 lin. lanc. acutis vix nervosis, scapis fol. subeq. 

 lato bialatis, spathis ineq. bivalvis lanc. 2-4floris 

 equante. petalis retusis cuspidatis, caps, obova- 

 tls — Florida, found by Baldwin, 4 to 6 inches 

 high, annual leaves 2-4inches, one hne broad, 

 flowers large white. 



484, Sisyr. niveUm Raf. scaposum, fol. nn. 

 angustis striatis nervosis acutis, scapis fol. lon^ 



fior bialatis, alis striatis, spathis sepe coloratis 

 valvis, 2int. brevis subeq. 1 ext. longissima 

 lanc. plicata, 6-8floris. petalis retusis cuspid. 

 capsulis globosis — Alab. Kentucky &c, 6 to 8 

 inches high, leaves 3 to 5, half line wide, flowers 

 size of S. anceps, snowy white, spathas more or 

 less colored of red. 



485, CoNVALLARiA parviflora Raf. fol. blnis 

 sessilib. angustis obl. acutis, scapo filif. fol. bre^ 

 vior racemis 3-5f1oris, bracteis scariosis brevis, 

 fl. vix secundis parvis — Apalachian and Wasi- 

 oto Mts. leaves and fl. half size of C. majalis, 3 

 to H inches high, f^ c, 



486, Conval. montana Raf. (pseudlo-majalis 

 Bartr. in Rees cycl. Am. ed.) fol. binis sessiHb. 

 ovatobl. acum. scapo angul. fol, subeq. racemo 

 10-12floris, bract. lanc. ad ped. eq, fl. secundis 

 — Unaka and Cherokis Mts. large plant, leaves 

 6 f o 8 inches long, 2 wide, fl. sizc of C. majalis, 

 Bartram says the berries are blue and ovate. 

 C. majalis has leaves petiolate elliptic acute at 



