526 LILIACE.E. (lily FAMILY.) 



* * Floivers larger {2 -^'^ long), on soUtari) pedicels in a simple feiv-JloLcered 

 raceme; stamens included; ovules not collateral ; rootstock rather slender. 



2 S. Stellata, Desf. Plant (1° high or less) nearly glabrous, or the 7- 

 12 oblong-lanceolate leaves minutely downy beneath when young, slightly 

 clasping; raceme sessile or nearly so; berries blackish. — Moist banks, Lab. 

 to N. J., west to E. Kan., Minn., and westward. (Eu.) 



3. S. trilolia, Desf. Glabrous, dwarf (2-6' high) ; leaves 3 (sometimes 

 2 or 4), oblong, tapering to a sheathing base; raceme peduncled; berries red 

 — Cold bogs, Lab. to N. Eng., west to Mich, and Miu. (Sib.) 



14. MAIANTHEMUM, Wigg. 



Perianth 4-parted, with as many stamens. Ovary 2-celled ; stigma 2-lobed. 

 Otherwise as in Smilacina. — Flowers solitary or fascicled, in a simple raceme 

 upon a low 2-3-leaved stem. Leaves ovate- to lanceolate-cordate. (Name 

 from Mains, May, and &ude/j.ov, ajlower.) 



1. M. Canadense, Desf. Pubescent or glabrous (3-5' high); leaves 

 lanceolate to ovate, cordate at base with a very narrow sinus, sessile or very 

 shortly petioled ; perianth-segments 1" long. (Smilacina bifolia, var. Cana- 

 densis, Grag.) — Moist woods, Lab. to N. C, west to Minn, and Iowa. May. 



15. STREP TO PUS, Michx. Twisted-Stalk. 



Perianth recurved-spreading from a bell-shaped base, deciduous ; the 6 dis- 

 tinct sepals lanceolate, acute, the 3 inner keeled. Anthers arrow-shaped, ex- 

 trorse, fixed near the base to the short flattened filaments, tapering above to 

 a slender entire or 2-cleft point. Ovary with many ovules in each cell ; style 

 and sometimes the stigmas one. Berry red, roundish-ovoid, many -seeded. — 

 Herbs, with rather stout stems from a creeping rootstock, forking and diver- 

 gent branches, ovate and taper-pointed rounded-clasping membranaceous 

 leaves, and small (extra-) axillary flowers, either solitary or in pairs, on 

 slender thread-like peduncles, Avhich are abruptly bent or contorted near the 

 middle (whence the name, from aTpeirTos, twisted, and Trovs,foot or stalk). 



1. S. amplexifolius, DC. Stem 2-3° high, glabrous; leaves verg 

 smooth^ glaucous underneath, strongly clasping ; floioer greenish-white (4 - 6" 

 long) on a long abruptly bent peduncle; anthers tapering to a slender entire 

 poini"; stigma entire, truncate. — Cold moist woods, N. Eng. to N. Minn., south 

 to Ohio, Penn., and in the mountains to N. C. June. (Eu.) 



2. S. roseUS, Michx. Lower leaves green both sides, Jinely ciliate, and tht 

 branches sparingly beset with short bristly hairs ; ^oit^er rose-purple (3-4* 

 long), more than half the length of the slightly bent peduncle ; anthers 2- 

 horned ; stigma 3-clpff. — Cold damp woods, N. Eng. to N. Minn., and south 

 in the mountains to Ga. May. 



16. DISPORUM, Salisb. 



Perianth narrowly bell-shaped, the 6 sepals lanceolate or linear, deciduous. 

 Filaments thread-like, much longer than the linear-oblong blunt anthers, 

 which are fixed by a point above the base and extrorse. Ovary with 2 ovules 

 (in our species) suspended from the summit of each cell ; style one ; stigmas 



