54 Notes OH some of the 



STREPTOP US.—Mx. 



Streptopus roseus — Mx. Rose Belhvort. 



" Smooth and shining. Leaves amplexicaul, serrulate-ciliate. Anthers 

 short, two-horned." 



A handsome perennial plant, about a foot and a half high, 

 with a forked stem. Flowers axillary, single, pendulous 

 on a short slender stalk, bell-shaped, rose-coloured. Grows 

 on the banks of the St. Lawrence near Quebec. It deserves 

 a place in the flower border. 



Streptopus distortus — Mx. Heart-leaved Belhvort. 



" Smooth. Leaves amplexicaule, smooth on the margin. Pedicels 

 distorted, and geniculated in the middle." 



A perennial plant, resembling the preceding. Stem two 

 feet high, Mith several forked branches. Leaves two to 

 four inches long, ovate-lanceolate, many-nerved, acumi- 

 nate. Flowers solitary, on slender foot-stalks an inch and 

 a half long. Flowers greenish yellow. Grows about the 

 river Ottawa. 1 have not observed it yet in this neigh- 

 bourhood. 



S3IILAX.—L. 

 Smilax peduncularis — Willd. Jacob's Ladder. 



" Stem terete, climbing, or arched. Leaves round-ovate, cordate, 

 acuminate, about nine-nerved. Umbels long peduncled." 



A herbaceous perennial. Stem three to five feet high, 

 branched. Leaves ending abruptly in a sharp stiff" point, 

 irregularly placed, on short foot-stalks, wilh tendrils at 

 the axils. Flowers in a globular radiated head, about two 

 inches diameter, on a stalk six inches long, issuing from 

 the joints of the stem. Fruit, small black berries in a 

 crowded cluster. This plant has a very unpleasant scent 

 when bruised. It grows in moist meadows about Quebec, 

 and throughout Canada. 



