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1. Unifolium Canadénse (Desf.) Greene. False Lily-of-the-valley. 
Two-leaved Solomon’s Seal. (Fig. 1034.) 
Matanthemum Canadense Desf. Ann. Mus. 
Paris, 9: 54. 1807. 
Smilacina bifolia var. Canadensis A. Gray, 
Man. Ed. 2, 467. 1856. 
l eee ae Canadense Greene, Bull. Torr. Club, 
15: 28 1888, 
Giabraus or pubescent. Stem slender, 
erect, often zigzag, 1-3-leaved (usually 2- 
leaved), 2’-7’ high; leaves ovate or ovate- 
lanceolate, 1/-3’ long, acute, acuminate, or 
blunt and cuspidate at the apex, cordate at 
the base with a narrow or closed sinus, ses- 
sile, short-petioled, or the lowest sometimes 
with a petiole 14’ long; solitary leaves of the 
stemless plants on petioles 1/-4’ long; ra- 
ceme rather dense, many-flowered, 1/—2/ 
long; pedicels mostly longer than the flow- 
ers; perianth-segments oblong, obtuse, be- 
coming reflexed, about 1’ long, rather longer 
than the stamens; berry pale red, speckled, 
about 2’’ in diameter. 
In moist woods and thickets, Newfoundland 
to the Northwest Territory, south to North Car- 
olina, Iowaand South Dakota. Ascends to 5000 
ft. in Virginia. May-July. 
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5. DISPORUM Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. 1: 331. 1812. 
[PROSARTES Don, Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 341. 1S4o.] 
More or less pubescent herbs with slender rootstocks, branching stems, scaly below, 
leafy above, and alternate somewhat inequilateral sessile or clasping leaves, the flowers ter- 
minal, drooping, whitish or greenish yellow, solitary or few in simple umbels. Perianth 
of 6 narrow equal separate deciduous segments. Stamens 6, hypogynous; filaments filiform 
or somewhat flattened, longer than the anthers; anthers oblong, or linear, extrorse. Ovary 
3-celled; ovules 2 or sometimes several in each cavity; style slender; stigma 3-cleft or en- 
tire. Berry ovoid or oval, obtuse. [Greek, referring to the 2 ovules in each cavity of the 
ovary, in most species. ] 
About 15 species, natives of North America and Asia. Besides the following, some 5 others 
occur in western North America. 
Stamens shorter than the perianth; fruit smooth, 2-6-seeded. 1. D. lanuginosum. 
Stamens as long as the perianth; fruit roughened, 4-18-seeded. 2. D. trachycarpum. 
1. Disporum lanuginosum (Michx.) Nichols. Hairy Disporum. (Fig. 1035.) 
Streplopus lanuginosus Michx. F\. Bor. Am. 1: 
201. 1803. 
Prosartes lanuginosa Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. 
18: 532. 1841. 
Disporum lanuginosum Nichols. Dict. Gard. 
I: 485. 1884. 
Finely and rather densely pubescent, 
144°-2%° high. Leaves ovate lanceolate, 
or oblong-lanceolate, 2/-4%’ long, 1/-2’ 
wide, long-acuminate at the apex, rounded 
at the base, 7-15-nerved; flowers solitary or 
2-3 together, greenish, 6’’-9’’ long; pedi- 
cels filiform, about 1’ long; perianth nar- 
rowly campanulate, its segments linear- 
lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat spreading, 
glabrous, one-third to one-half longer than 
the stamens; ovary oblong; style slender, 
longer than the stamens or equalling them, 
3-cleft; berry oval, red, pulpy, 2-6-seeded, 
5//-7/’ long. 
In woods, Ontario to western New York, 
Georgia and Tennessee. Ascends to 4ooo ft. in 
Virginia. May-June. 
