358 SMILACE.E. 



Style thick, short. Stigma obscurely 2^3-lobed. Berry glo- 

 bose, pulpy, 1 — 3 -seeded. 



* Segments of the perianth and stamens 6. 



1. S. stellata Desf. : leaves numerous, alternate, oval-lanceolate, acute, 

 somewhat clasping ; raceme simple, terminal, few-flowered, Convallaria 

 steliata Linn. 



River banks. Can. to Penn. May, June. % . — Stem a foot high. Leaves 

 7 — 9, cihate on the margin, roughish on the nerves beneath. Flowers 4 — 9, in 

 an erect terminal raceme, small, white. Star-flowered Smiladna. 



2. (S. trifolia Desf. : stem smooth, angular, pubescent, about S-leaved ; 

 leaves alternate, oval-lanceolate, acute, contracted at the base and some- 

 what clasping ; raceme simple, terminal, few-flowered. Convallaria trifolia 

 Linn. 



Swamps. Can. to Penn. May, June. %-. — Stem 6 inches high. Leaves 2 

 or 3, smooth on the margin. Flowers small, white, 4 — 6 in a terminal raceme, 

 with the segments spreading. Three-leaved Smilacina. 



3. (S. racemosa Desf. : stem a little flexuous ; leaves numerous, alternate, 

 sessile, oblong-oval, acuminate, nerved, pubescent ; flowers in a terminal 

 racemose panicle, very small. Convallaria racemosa Linn. 



Woo4s. Can. to Car. W. to Miss. May, June. %. — Root thick and fleshy. 

 Stem 18 inches to 2 feet high. Flowers very small, greenish-white, in a com- 

 pound terminal panicle or raceme. Wild Spikenard. 



** Segments of the perianth and stamens 4. 



4. (S*. bifolia SchuUes: stem mostly 2-leaved; leaves cordate-oblong, 

 nearly sessile or petiolate, smooth on both sides ; raceme simple, terminal. 

 S. Canadensis Pursh. Convallaria bifolia Linn. Styrandra bifolia Raf. 



Shady woods. Can. to Virg. W. to Mich. May. %. — Stem 4 — 6 inches 

 high, with 2 or sometimes 3 leaves near the summit, and oft^ a larger radical 

 leaf on a long petiole. Flowers white, small, sweet-scented, in an oblong ra- 

 ceme. Two-leaved Smilacina. 



3. CLINTONIA. i?a/.-^Clintonia. 

 (In honor of the late Governor De Witt Clinton.) 

 Perianth 6 -parted, campanulate. Stamens 6, inserted at the 

 base. Style compressed. Stigma 2-lobed, compressed. Berry 

 2-celled ; cells many-seeded. 



1. C.borealis Raf.: leaves oblong or obovate, with the margin ciliate ; 

 umbel 2 — 5-flowered ; pedicels nodding, without bracts. Dracaena borealis 

 Ait. Smilachia borealis Pursh. 



Wet woods. Can. to Penn. May, June. %. — Scape 6 — 8 inches high. 

 Leaves radical or nearly so, 6 inches or more in length. Flowers yellowish- 

 green, large, campanulate. Berry globose-oblong, blue. 



Large-flowered Clintonia. 



2. C. umbellata Torr. : leaves oblong-lanceolate, the margin and keel 

 ciUate ; umbel many-flowered ; cells of the berry 2-seeded. C. parviftora^ 

 odorata, &c. Raf. Smilacina icmbellata Desf. Convallaria umbellata Mich. 



