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2. Clintonia umbellulata (Michx.) Torr. White Clintonia. (Fig. 1030.) 
Dracaena umbellulata Michx. F\. Bor. Am. 
I: 202. 1803. 
coer ciliata Raf. Journ. Phys. 89: 102. 
G pie eye Torr, Fl. N. Y. 2: 301. 1843. 
Scape more or less pubescent, 8/-18/ 
high, sometimes bearing a small leaf. 
Leaves 2-5, oblong, oblanceolate or obo- 
vate, shorter than the scape or equalling 
it, acute or cuspidate, ciliate on the mar- 
gins and sometimes also on the midvein 
beneath, 1%%/’-4’ wide; umbel several— 
many-flowered; pedicels ascending or 
erect, slender, pubescent, at first short, 
becoming %/’—114’ long in fruit; flowers 
white, odorous, often purplish dotted, 
4’’-5’’ long; perianth-segments obtusish; 
ovary 2-celled; ovules 2 in each cavity; 
style slender; berry globose, black, about 
3’’ in diameter, few-seeded. 
In woods, New York and New Jersey to 
Georgia and Tennessee, Ascends to 4o00 ft. 
in Virginia. May-June. 
3. VAGNERA Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 496. 1763. 
{Smiiacina Desf. Ann. Mus. Paris, 9: 51. 1807. ] 
Rootstocks slender, or short and thick. Stem simple, scaly below, leafy above, the 
leaves alternate, short-petioled or sessile ovate, lanceolate or oblong. Inflorescence a ter- 
minal raceme or panicle. Flowers white or greenish white, small. Perianth of 6 separate 
spreading equal segments. Stamens 6, inserted at the bases of the perianth-segments; fila- 
ments filiform or slightly flattened; anthers ovate, introrse. Ovary 3-celled, sessile, sub- 
globose; ovules 2 in each cavity; style short or slender, columnar; stigma 3-grooved or 3- 
lobed. Berry globular. Seeds usually 1 or 2, subglobose. [Named in honor of Wagner. ] 
About 25 species, natives of North America, Central America and Asia. Besides the following, 
one or two others occur in the western United States. 
Flowers numerous, panicled. 1. V. racemosa. 
Flowers few-several, racemose. 
Plant 10’-18’ high; leaves numerous. 2. V. stellata. 
Plant 2'-15' high; leaves 2-4. 3. V. trifolia. 
I. Vagnera racemosa (L,.) Morong. Wild Spikenard. (Fig. 1031.) 
Convallaria racemosa I,. Sp. Pl. 315. _ 1753. : 
Smilacina racemosa Desf. Ann. Mus. Paris, 9: 51. t é 
em racemosa Morong, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 
114, 1894. 
Rootstock rather thick, fleshy. Stem some- 
what angled, slender or stout, erect or ascend- 
ing, leafy, finely pubescent above, or nearly 
glabrous, sometimes zigzag, 1°-3° high. Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate or oval, sessile or the lower 
short-petioled, 3/-6’ long, 1/-3/ wide, acumi- 
nate, finely pubescent beneath and sometimes 
also above, their margins minutely ciliate; 
panicle densely many-flowered, 1/-4’ long, 
peduncled; pedicels shorter than the flowers, 
or equalling them; flowers about 2’’ broad; 
perianth-segments oblong, equalling the 
ovary; berry red, aromatic, speckled with pur- 
ple, 2’’-3’’ in diameter. 
In moist woods and thickets, Nova Scotia to 
British Columbia, south to Georgia, Missouri and 
Arizona. Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. May- 
