894 HEXANDRIA M0NOGYNIA 



2. MULTIFLORUM. 



P. caule tereti; foliis I Stem terete; leaves al> 

 alternis, amplexicaulibus, ternate, amplexicaulCjOb. 

 oblongo-ovalibus ; pedun- I long oval ; peduncles ax- 

 culis axillaribus, multiflo- illary, many flowered. 

 ris. Pursh, 1. p. ^34. I 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 162. Mich. 1. p. 202. 



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Z^eaves large, glabrous, acute, soaiietlines a little ovate, many nerv«* 

 ed (7)- Peduncles long. 



Grorws among the mountains, and in the upper country of Carolina 

 and Georgia. 



Flowers May — July. 



3. PUBESCENS. 



P. caule teretiusculo, sul- I Slcm nearly terete, 

 cato ; foliis alternis, am- | sliglitly furrowed ; leaves 



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plexicaulibus, ovatis, sub- ( alternate, amplexicaule 

 tus pubescentibus ; ped- | ovate, pubescent under- 

 unculls axillaribus, subbi- I neatb ; peduncles axilla- 

 floris. Pursb, l.p. 234*. | rv, generally 2 flowered, 



Convallaria pubeftcens, Muhl. Cat. 



Leaves 5 — 7 nerved, 3 more conspicuous than the rest. Peduncles 

 short. Flowers small. 



Grows on rocks near water, from New -England to Carolina. Purslw 

 Flowers Maj — June. 



SMILACINA. Desfontaines in Anna!. 



Mils, Hist. Nat. 9. p- 51- 



€orolla infera, 6-partita, | Corolla inferior, 6 



patens. Filamenta diver- | parted, expanding. Fila- 

 gentia, laciniarum basi in- menh diverdnjc, inserted 



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fixa. Bacca globosa, 3- | at tlie base of the seg- 

 locularis. Flores termi- | merits of the corolla, 

 nales -paniculati, s, um- j Berry globose, 3 celled. 

 fceHati, I Flowers terminal, pafli- 



cled or umbelled. 



