^ Notes on some of the 



Allium tricoccum — Ait. 

 " Scape naked, nearly terete. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, flat, smooth. — 



Umbel globose. Seeds solitary." 

 " Balb large oblong. Leaves about four inches long, and an inch or more 



in breadth. Scape a foot high, striate. Umbel spreading. Corolla white. 



Capsule obtusely triangular. Cells one-seeded." — Torrey. 



This plant on the authority of Pursh, grows about the 

 River Ottawa ; and, if 1 am rightly informed, is called by 

 the country people, Ail sauvage. Esculent. 



SMILACEyE.— R. Brown. 



CONFALLARIA.—L. 



Convallaria bifolia — L. Least Solomon's Seal. 



" Stem two-leaved. Leaveson short petioles, cordate oblong, very smooth 

 on both sides. Raceme simple, terminal. Flowers tetrandrous." 



A small upright plant, about six inches high, with two, 

 and sometimes three heart-shaped leaves. Flowers small, 

 white, deeply four-parted. Growsplentifully about Quebec, 

 on dry ground. 



Convallaria stellata — L. Star-flowered Solomon's Seal. 

 " Leaves numerous, alternate, oval-lanceolate, amplexicaule. Raceme 



simple, terminal." 



A perennial plant about a foot high. Flowers small, white, 

 deeply six-parted. Grows in moist ground ; plentifully on 

 tlie banks overlooking the falls of the Chaudiere, and 

 among the rocks below high-water mark, at Pointe Levi. 



Convallaria trifolia — L. Three-leaved Solomon's Seal. 



" Stem about three-leaved. Leaves alternate, oval-lanceolate, contracted 

 at the base. Raceme simple, terminal, few-flowered." 



A pretty little plant, four or five inches high. Raceme 

 six to ten-flowered, followed by small red berries. Grows 

 in moss swamps about Quebec. 



