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Plants of Canada. 5S 



Convallaiia raceinosa — L. Great Solomon's Seal. 



Sceau lie Sulo?non. 



" Leaves numerous, alternate, sessile, ohlong-oval, acuminate, nerved, 



pDbescent. Flowers in a terminal racemose-panicle." 



A perennial plant ; stem two feet high, arched, smooth, 

 angular. Raceme terminal, compound. Flowers small, 

 six-parted, yellowish green. Berries red. Flowers in 

 June. Found commonly about Quebec. 



Convallaria pubescens — Willd. 



" Stem nearly terete, furrowed. Leaves alternate, amplexicaul, ovate, 



pubescent beneath. Peduncles axillary, generally two-flowered." 



A herbaceous perennial, one to two feet high ; stem 

 arched. Flowers cylindrical, yellowish green, pendulous 

 by fine foot-stalks. Berries blue. Grows on the banks of 

 tlie St. Lawrence, near Quebec. 



Dracaena borealis — L. Wild Lily of the Valley. 



" Subcaulescent. Leaves oval-obovatc, margin ciliatc. Scape pubescent. 

 Umbel corymbed, sometimes proliferous. Pedicels naked, nodding." 



A perennial plant, with three or four large radical leaves, 

 six inches long, and two inches broad, ending in an abrupt 

 sharp point. Stem a foot or more in height, angular, 

 iH-'aring four or six flowers towards the extremity, disposed 

 by twos on upright foot-stalks, sometimes having the 

 apj)earance of an umbel. Flowers yellow, largo, divided 

 nearly tu the base. Berries a beautiful blue, 'i'his is a 

 handsome plant, and grows in moist woods about Quebec. 



There appears to be a strong disposition among late 

 authors t<* remove this plant from the genus DracaMia. — 

 Torrey has put it in Convallaria, and Pursh among his 

 Smilaciiicp. 



