LILIACE^ 149 



tubular-campanulate; leaves broad, usually alternate; 

 fruit a berry. 



P. multiflorum^ 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. P. verticillatum, 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 smaU, white, in few-flowered racemes • rhizome 

 slender ; fruit a berry. 



M. bifoliumy DC. (M. Convallaria^ Roth, Convallaria 

 bifoliaj L., Smilacina bifolia, 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. 



vS. amplexifolizis, 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 



