7H Order 143.— LILIACE^E. 



Uian the pedicels. — Gardens, rare. FIs. lilac, variegated with white and purpla 

 lines, f Japan. 



16. P0LYG0NA x TUM, Toura. True Solomon's Seal. (Gr. TroXvg, 



many, yovv, kneo; from the many-jointed rhizome.) Perianth tubular, 

 limb short, Globed, erect; stamens G, inserted near and above the 

 middle of the tube, included; ovary free, 3-eelled, cells 2 to G-ovnled ; 

 style slender, included; berry globular, 3 to 6-seeded. — % Rhizome- 

 horizontal, thick. St. erect or curving, leafy above. FIs. axillary, pen- 

 dent, greenish white. 



P. multifldrvim Desf. St. recurved, smooth ; Ivs. distichous, lanceolate, amplexi- 

 caul, smooth above; peduncles axillary, 1 to4-fiowered. — y In woods, free States 

 and Can. Stem 1 to 3f high, most recurved in the tallest plants. Leaves more 

 or less clasping at base, or only sessile in the smallest plants. 2\ to 6' by 1 to 2£', 

 veined, smooth and glossy above, paler and generally pubescent beneath. Pedun- 

 cles filiform, branching, scarcely a fifth as long as the leaves. Flowers 5 — 8" 

 long, pendulous, greenish, sub-cylindric. Berrie3 dark bluo or blackish when 

 ripo. Apr. — Jn. 



a. Lv3. very amplexicaul, smooth both sides, distinctly veined ; peduncles; 



elongated, tho lower 4-Qowcred; 111. puberulont. — In rich damp soils. This 



var. is common to Europe I aud America I (P. angustifolium Plu P. biflo- 



rum Ell.) 



p. pubescens. Lvs. pubescent beneath, glaucous, slightly clasping ; st. 1 to- 2f 



high ; Ms. as short as tho peduncles. — Common in N. England. 

 y. gigan'TEUM. Tall, green and glabrous throughout; lvs. partly clasping ~ 

 ped. 2 to 6-ilowered. — In rich alluvion. St. 3 to if high. (P. eaniculatum 

 Ph.) 

 <5. latif6liuai. Pubescent abovo; lvs. ovate-oblong, upper surface glabrous, 

 base sessile or somewhat petioled. — Middle States. St. 2 to 4f high. (P- 

 latifolium Muhl. P. hirtum. Ph.) 



17. CONVALLA^RIA, L. Lily of the Valley. (Lat. convallis, a 

 valley ; the locality of some species.) Perianth campanulate, of 6 united 

 segments, lobes of the limb recurved; stamens 6, included, perigynous; 

 ovary 3-celled, 1 -styled, cells 4 to 6-ovuled; berry few-seeded. — 2£ 

 Rhizome creeping, slender. Lvs. radical, and scape very smooth, low, 

 bearing a secund raceme of white, drooping fls. 



C. inajalis L. An elegant, sweet-scented plant, native of mountain woods, Ya. 

 to Ga., also of Europe, and is, or deserves to be, a frequent inhabitant of our gar- 

 dens. Lvs. 2, seldom 3, ovate-elliptical. Scapo G' high, with the small, elegant 

 flowers depending from its upper half in a single rank. May. 



18. CLINTO v NIA, Raf. (In honor of Gov. DeWitt Clinton, of N. Y.) 

 Perianth campanulate, of G equal, distinct segments ; stamens G, hypo- 

 gynous, anthers linear-oblong ; ovary oblong, 2 (rarely 3)-celled ; style 

 elongated; berry (blue) 2-celled, cells 2 to 10-seedcd. — 1{ Rhizome 

 creeping. Lvs. all radical, few (2 to 5), broad. Scape naked, bearing 

 an umbel. 



1 C. borealis Raf. Northern Clintonia. Lvs. broad-oval-lanceolate ; fls. 2 to> 

 5 in the bructless umbel, cernuous ; berry-cells many-seeded. — Mountainous or hilly 

 wood, Cau., N. Eng. to Car., "W. to the Miss. Rhizome creeping to some extent. 

 Lvs. 4 to 7' long, £ as wide, petiolate, radical or nearly so, smooth and glossy, 

 fringed with scattered hairs. Scapo erect, round, 8 to 13' high, bearing at top a 

 beautiful umbel of ?• to G, yellowish-green, nodding fls. Perianth liliaceous, of 6 

 oblanceolate, erect-spreading segm. Berries of a rieh amethystine blue. (Con- 

 vallari3 Poir.) 



2 C. multitldra Beck. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, pubescent,beneath ; umbel mam/ 

 (12 to 2Q)fl/rwzred, braded; fls. erept or spreading; berry cells 2-seeded. — Woods, 



