LILIACEZ 149 
tubular-campanulate; leaves broad, usually alternate ; 
fruit a berry. 
P. multifiorum, All., Solomon’s Seal; stem 2-3 ft., 
peduncles axillary, bearing 2-5 flowers, leaves elliptic, 
alternate, berry blue-black ; woods, frequent. P. officinale, 
All. (Convallaria Polygonatum, L.); stem 6-12 in, 
flowers larger, usually solitary, stem angular; woods, 
frequent. /. vertzcillatum, All. (Convallaria verticillata, 
L.); leaves linear-lanceolate, in whorls of 3-7, flowers 
axillary, greenish-white, berry violet; mountain woods, 
local, abundant in Jura. 
3. MAIANTHEMUM, Wigg. 
Sepals and petals 2-3 each, distinct; stamens 4-6; 
flowers small, white, in few-flowered racemes; rhizome 
slender ; fruit a berry. 
M. bifolium, DC. (M. Convallaria, Roth, Convallaria 
bifolia, L., Smilacina btfolia, Desf.); stem 4-8 in, 
slender, bearing two thin cordate-ovate stalked leaves ; 
mountain woods, common. 
4. STREPTOPUS, Rich. 
Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves, white; sepals 
and petals distinct, reflexed ; stigmas 3; fruit a berry. 
S. amplexifolius, DC.; flower-stalk geniculate, stem 
12-20 in., leaves cordate-amplexicaul, berry red; moun- 
tain woods, rare. 
5. ASPARAGUS, L. 
Flowers small, axillary, often unisexual; stem slender, 
branched, springing from a creeping rhizome; leaves 
