136 LILIACEAE 
clusters at the summit. Leaves alternate. Flowers white or greenish- 
white. 
1. §. racemosa, (L.) Desf. (Fig. 2, pl. 12.) Faust SprkEeNnarp. 
Flower cluster branching (panicle); leaves oval, strongly veined. Berry 
red, dotted. Common. May-July. 
2. §. stellata, (L.) Desf. STar-FLOWERED Sotomon’s SEAL. Stem 
10 to 18 in. high; flower cluster not branching (raceme). Leaves 
numerous, oval lance-shaped. Berry red. Moist soil. Common. May- 
June. 
3. §. trifolia, (L.) Desf. THREE-LEAVED Sotomon’s SEAL. Stem 2 
to 15 in. high. Flower cluster simple, not branching. Leaves 3, oval 
lance-shaped. Bogs, in most of our region. May-June. 
4. MAIANTHEMUM, Wiggers (Unifolium, Greene) 
Small plants springing from slender rootstocks with shining alternate 
leaves (1, 2 or 3). Flowers in an oval terminal cluster, white, suc- 
ceeded by berries which, when ripe, are pale red. Petals only 4; ovary 
of 2 cells; pistil about as long as the ovary. 
M. canadense, Desf. (Fig. 1, pl. 12.) Two-Leavep SoLomon’s SEAL. 
Witp Lity or THE VALLEY. A very frequent little plant in borders of 
woods, often forming extensive beds. Stem 1 to 6 in. high, angular. Leaves 
heart-shaped, 14 to 2 in. long, half as wide, generally blunt at outer ex- 
tremity. Flower cluster of 20 or more small white flowers. 
5. DISPORUM, Salisb. 
Herbs resembling Uvularia but with hairy stem and leaves and with 
flowers erect in pairs. Leaves ovate, with long tapering points, without 
leaf stems, rarely clasping; segments of perianth 6, slender; stamens 6, 
below the ovary and free from it.. Flowers greenish-yellow or white. 
Berry ovoid. 
D. lanuginosum, (Michx.) Nichols. Hatry DisporuM. Plant 1} to 
2 ft. high, with an abundance of soft hairs. Flowers bell-shaped, nearly 
erect. In shady places, western New York and westward. 
6. STREPTOPUS, Michx. 
Herbs arising from rootstocks. Branching, with alternate leaves which 
clasp the stem. Flowers solitary or in pairs, from the leaf axils, bell- 
shaped, with 6 slender segments. Stamens 6, opposite the petals and below 
the ovary. Pistil 1, slender. Berry roundish. 
1. §. amplexifolius, (L.) DC.  CLAspING-LEAVED TwisTED STALK. 
Flowers greenish, drooping. Borders of leaves smooth, pale green on the 
under side, darker above. Leaves 2 to 3 in. long, $ as wide, Plant 1 to 
2 ft. high. In moist woods throughout our region. May-June. 
2. §. roseus, Michx. (Fig. 3, pl. 14.) Rose Twist Foot. Margins 
of leaves roughened and hairy. Leaves equally green on both sides. Plant 
about the size of No. 1. Common. May-June. 
7. POLYGONATUM, Adams 
Perianth segments united into a bell-shaped tube, 6 parted at the border, 
