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432 CONVALLARIACEAE. 
2. Disporum trachycarpum (S. Wats.) B.& H. Rough-fruited Disporum. 
(Fig. 1036. ) 
Prosarles trachycarpa S. Wats. Bot. King’s 
Exp. 344. 1871. 
Disporum trachycarpum B. & H. Gen. Pl. 3: 
832. 1883. 
Puberulent, at least when young, 1°-2° 
high. Leaves ovate, oval or oblong-lanceo- 
late, 114’-3'4’ long, 1/-234’ wide, acute or 
short-acuminate at the apex, rounded or 
subcordate at the base, 5-11-nerved; flowers 
solitary or 2-3 together, yellowish-white, 
4’’-7’’ long; pedicels %4’-1’ long; perianth | 
narrowly campanulate, its segments nar- 
rowly oblong or oblanceolate, acute, little 
spreading, about equalling the stamens, 
ovary depressed-globose; style slender, 
about equalling the stamens, 3-lobed; berry 
roughened, depressed-globose or somewhat 
obovoid, 4’’-5’// in diameter, apparently 
leathery rather than pulpy, 4-18-seeded. 
Manitoba and the Northwest Territory to 
South Dakota, Nebraska, Washington and Ari- 
zona. May-Aug. 
6. STREPTOPUS Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 200. 1803. 
Branching herbs, with stout or slender rootstocks, thin sessile or clasping alternate 
many-nerved leaves, the flowers solitary or 2 together, extra-axillary, slender-peduncled, 
greenish or purplish, small, nodding. Peduncles bent or twisted at about the middle. 
Perianth somewhat campanulate, its 6 separate segments recurved or spreading, deciduous, 
the outer flat, the inner keeled. Stamens 6, hypogynous; filaments short, flattened; anthers 
sagittate, extrorse. Ovary 3-celled; ovules numerous in 2 rows in each cavity; style slender, 
3-cleft, 3-lobed or entire. Berry globose or oval, red, many-secded. [Greek, twisted-stalk, 
in reference to the bent or twisted peduncles. ] 
About 5 species, natives of the north temperate zone. Besides the following, another occurs 
on the Pacific Coast. 
Leaves glaucous beneath, clasping; flowers greenish-white. 1. S. amplexifolius. 
Leaves green on both sides, sessile; flowers purple or rose. 2. S. roseus. 
1. Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) 
DC. Clasping-leaved Twisted- 
stalk. (Fig. 1037.) 
Uvularia amplexifolia I. Sp. Pl. 304. 1753. 
Streplopus amplexifolius DC. Fl. France, 3: 
174. 1805. 
Rootstock short, stout, horizontal, covered 
with thick fibrous roots. Plant 114°-3° 
high; stem glabrous, usually branching be- 
low the middle, leaves 2’-5’ long, 1/-2’ wide, 
acuminate at the apex, cordate-clasping at 
the base, glabrous, glaucous beneath; pe- 
duncles 1/-2’ long, 1~-2-flowered; flowers 
greenish white, 4’’-6’’ long; perianth-seg- 
ments narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; an- 
thers subulate-pointed; stigma simple, ob- 
tuse or truncate; berry oval, 5’/’-8’’ long. 
In moist woods, Labrador to Alaska, south to 
North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan and New Mex- 
ico. Ascends to 4ooo ft. in the Adirondacks. 
May-July. 
