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552 CLIT. LILIACEZ. CoONVALLARIA. 
Other ornamental species sometimes cultivated are H. BorryoIDEs, grape 
hyacinth, with globose flowers; H. comosus, purple grape hyacinth, with pris- 
matic flowers; and H. racemosus, hare-bell hyacinth, with ovoid flowers. 
Triss 4. ANTHERICE &.—Stem subterraneous, or if developed, erect. Root 
fasciculate or fibrous. Leaves never coriaceous nor permanent. 
10. ASPHODELUS. 
Gr. a, privative, epadXw, to surpass ; a flower not surpassed in beauty. 
Perianth 6-parted, spreading, with 6 valves, covering the ovary ; 
sta. issuing from the valves.— Fine garden plants, native of S. Europe. 
1. A. LuTeus. King’s Spear. Yellow Asphodel.—St. leafy ; lws. 3-cornered, 
—2 Native of Sicily. A plant of easy culture and rapid increase. Stem 3f 
high, thickly invested with 3-cornered, hollow leaves. Flowers yellow, in a 
tong spike, reaching from the top almost to the base of stem. June. 
2. A. RaMOsus. Branching Asphodel.—St. naked, branched ; ped. alternate, 
longer than bract; dvs. ensiform, carinate, smooth.—2| Native of S. Europe. 
Not so tall as the preceding, but with larger, white flowers. June. 
11. PHALANGIUM. Tourn. 
Gr. padavé, tarantula, a venomous species of spider, whose bite it was supposed to cure. 
Perianth 6-parted, petals and sepals similar, spreading ; filaments 
4, smooth ; caps. free from the perianth, ovoid; seeds angular.— 
Iwvs. flat, linear. F'ls. small, white or bluish. 
P. escuLentum. Nutt. Esculent Phalangiwm. Quamash. 
St. bulbous; Jvs. all radical, linear, carinate at base; sta. subexserted ; 
stig. minutely 3-cleft—Wet prairies, along rivers, lakes, Wis. Lapham! Ml. 
Jenney! Ind. Skinner! &c. An interesting little plant, usually in thick grass, 
Bulb I—12’ diam., resembling a small onion. Scape 1—2f high. Leaves 
nearly as long as the scape, grass-like, 3’ wide, smooth. Raceme short, pedi- 
cels longer than the flowers, each with a subulate bract. Petals and sepals 
pale blue, about 3” long. Anthers oblong, small, yellow. Seeds black. May. 
Trips 5. CONVALLARINEX.—Stem arising from a horizontal rhizoma 
or tuber. 
+12. CONVALLARIA. 
Lat. convallis, a valley ; the locality of some species. 
Perianth 4—6-parted, segments spreading; stamens 4—6, diver- 
gent, arising from the base of the segments; berry globose, 2—3- 
celled.— Plants somewhat various in habit, with simple stems and 
alternate leaves. F'ls. in terminal racemes or umbels, reddish or green- 
ish-white. 
§ 1. Masanruemum. Perianth 4-parted. Stamens 4. Berry 2-celled. 
1. C. BIFOLIA. pa cay Desf. Styrandra. Raf.) Two-leaved Solo- 
mon’s Seal.—Lws. 2—3, cordate, ovate; fls.in a terminal raceme; /fts. of the 
perianth pe yee small plant, frequent along the edges of woodlands, 
to Wis.! Stem angular, about 6’ high. Leaves 2, rarely 
3, about 2’ long, 4 as wide, ovate, distinctly cordate, sessile, or the lowest on a 
petiole. Raceme terminal, erect, an inch long, consisting of 12—20 white 
flowers. Berry small, round, and when mature pale red, speckled with deep 
red. May. 
§ 2. Smmactva. Perianth 6-parted. Stamens 6. Berry 3-celled. 
2. C. rrirowiita. (Smilacina. Desf.) Three-leaved Solomon's Seal. 
Lvs. 3—4, oval-lanceolate, tapering to both ends, amplexicaul; rac. termi- 
nal, simple.—2| A delicate little species in mountain swamps, Can. N. Eng. 
(rare), W. to Wis.! Stem 3—5’ high, pubescent, angular. Leaves 2-34’ 
