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longer, nearly equalling the ovary: seed smaller. — Journ. Philad. 
Acad. 7. 58, S. racemosa, var. amplexicaulis, Watson, King’s Rep. 
5. 345. Tovaria racemosa, Baker, |. c. in part. British Columbia to 
California (Monterey) and east to Wyoming and New Mexico. 
* * Flowers larger, on solitary pedicels in a simple few-flowered open raceme: 
stamens includéd: ovules not collateral. 
+ Leaves (7 to 12) sessile: raceme sessile or nearly so: berry blue-black. 
3. S. srELLATA, Desf.1]. c. Glabrous or pubescent: stem a foot 
high or less: leaves lanceolate, acutish, sessile and closely clasping, usu- 
ally ascending and folded: raceme about an inch long: perianth-seg- 
ments 2 or 3 lines long, exceeding the pedicels: berry 3 lines broad: 
seeds brown. — Convallaria stellata, Linn.; Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1043. 
Tovaria, Necker; Baker, 1. c. 565. Matanthemum, Link. Asteran- 
themum vulgare, Kunth. Labrador to E. Oregon and N. E. California, 
south to Pennsylvania, Iowa and New Mexico: the Norway plant 
appears to be the same. 
4. S. sessiILiroxiA, Nutt. in herb. Rootstock slender: stem a foot 
or two high: leaves lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, usually flat and 
spreading, somewhat puberulent: raceme larger, the pedicels 2 to 7 
lines long: flowers often larger: berry 3 to 5 lines in diameter. — 
Tovaria sessilifolia, Baker, 1. c. 566. California (Monterey) to British 
Columbia and east to the Wahsatch; has been usually referred to 
S, stellata. 
+ + Leaves (2 to 4) sheathing the low stem: raceme pedunculate: berry red. 
5. S. rriroxia, Desf. 1.c. Glabrous, 2 to 6 inches high: leaves 
oblong, narrowed below, acute: pedicels exceeding the flowers, which 
are 1} lines long: berry 2 to 3 lines in diameter. — Convallaria trifolia, 
Linn.; Gmel. Fl. Sib. 1. 36, t. 6. Tovaria, Necker; Baker, 1. c. 565. 
Maianthemum, Raf. Asteranthemum, Kunth. Labrador to New 
England, Michigan and the Saskatchewan; also in E. Siberia. 
Species of Mexico, Sc. 
* Flowers solitary, paniculate: stamens included. 
6. S. PANICULATA, Mart. & Gal. Leaves 7 to 9, broadly lanceo- 
late: flowers large, on elongated pedicels in a dense compound corymb. 
— Central Mexico and Guatemala. 
7. S. rHyrsomweEa (Tovaria, Baker). Leaves 10 to 15, lanceolate, 
often narrow, long-acuminate: flowers smaller, on short pedicels in a 
large open spreading panicle. — Central Mexico. 
8. S. NERVULOSA (Tovaria, Baker). Leaves 5 or 6: panicle 
