358 MONOCOTYLEDOiNOUS PLANTS. 



1. 8. stdlaia Dcsf. : leaves numerous, alternate, oval-lanceolate, 

 clasping ; raceme simple, terminal, 3 8*flowered. Convallaria stdlaia 

 Linn. 



HAB. River banks. Can. and N. S. May, 'June. !(. S/rro a 

 foot high. Flowers small, white, in an erect terminal raceme. 



2. S.-trifolia Dcsf. : stem smooth, angular, pubescent, about 3-leaved: 

 leaves alternate, oval-lanceolate, contracted at the base ; raceme sim- 

 ple terminal, few-flowered. Convallaria trtfolia Linn. 



HAB. Alpine swamps. 'Can. and N. S. June, July. H.Stem. 

 6 inches high. Flowers small, white, 46 in a terminal ra- 

 ceme, with the segments spreading. 



3. S. racemosa Deff. : stem a little flexuous ; leaves numerous, al- 

 ternate, sessile, oblong-oval, acuminate, nerved, pubescent ; flowers in 

 a terminal" racemose panicle, very small. Conrallaria racemosa Linn. 



HAB. Woods. Can. to Car/ W. to Miss. June, July. ZJ. 

 Root tuberous. >'/</ 1 I -2 2 feet high, t "lowers very small, 

 greenish-white, in a compound tefminal panicle or raceme. 



4. CLINTONIA. Raf. 



Perianth 6-parted, campanulate. Stamens 6, inserted at 

 the base. Style compressed. ^Stigma 2-lobed, compressed. 

 Berry 2-ceHed ; cells many-see'ded. Hexandria. Monogynia. 



OBS. This genus was named by Mr. Rafinesque in honor of the late 

 Gov. Clinton. It differs from Dracana in its 2-lobed stigma, and its 2- 

 celled and many-seeded berry. From Smilacina, with which it was 

 associated by Defontaines, it differs not only in the above characters, 

 but strikingly also in habit and colour. 



1. C. borealLs Raf. : subcaulescent ; leaves elliptic-obovate, with the 

 margins ciliate ; scape pubescent ; umbel terminal ; pedicels nodding, 

 without bracts. Dracana borcalis Ait. Smilacina borcalis Pw />/*. 



x HAB. Wet woods. Can. and N. S. May, June. It. Scape 

 6 8 inches high. Leaves radical or nearly so, 6 inches or more 

 in length. Flotcers large, campanulate. Berries oblong. 



2. C. multiflora Raf. ? : leaves radical oblong-oval, with the margin 

 and keel ciliate ; scape pubescent ; umbel terminal ; pedicels with mi- 

 nute bracts at base.: Convallaria umbeUidata Mich. Torr. Smilarina 

 umbeUata Pursh. Ell. Dracaena borealis Big. 



HAB. Alpine bogs. Can. to Car. May, June. If- Resembles 

 the preceding, but considered distinct by Pursh and other au- 

 thors. It is more common^lhan the last. Mn Rafinesque thinks 

 s that several distinct specim are confounded under the name C. 

 umbcllvlata, and I am in doubt whether this is the one which he 

 designates by the abpve. 



5. POLYGONATUM. Desf. 



Perianth 6-cleft, cylindrical. Stamens 6, inserted on the 

 upper part of the tube. ' Berry 3-celled ; cells 2-seeded. 



Hexandria. Monogynia. 



