HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 349 



170. CONVALLARIA. Solomon's seal, <fcc. 



* Corolla deeply 4-parted, spreading ; stamens 4 ; berry ^celled. 



(Flowers in a terminal raceme.) 



MAJANTHEMUM. 



C. bifolia : stem 2-leaved ; leaves on short petioles, cordate oblong, 

 very smooth on both sides ; raceme simple, terminal ; flowers te- 

 trandrous. 



HAB. Shady woods. May June, 1\.; stem 4 6 in. high; flower 

 small, white ; berry spotted with red. 



* * Corolla 6-parted, spreading ; filaments divergent, attached to the 

 base of the segments. (Flowers in a terminal raceme.) 



SMILACINA. 



C. stellata : leaves numerous, alternate, oval-lanceolate, amplexicaul 

 raceme simple, terminal. 



HAB. Wet meadows. May June, 1\. ; afoot high, terete ; Jl. small, 

 white. 



C. racemosa : leaves numerous, alternate, sessile, oblong-oval, acumi- 

 nate, nerved, pubescent : flowers in a terminal, racemose panicle. 



HAB. Low grounds. June, 1J.; stem 18 in. ; 2 feet high ; subftex. 

 Jl. small, white ; berry red. 



* * * Corolla subcampanulate, deeply 6-parted ; style elongated; 



berry 2-celled, many-seeded. 



C. umbellulata : subcaulescent ; leaves oblong-oval, ciliate on the 



margin, scape pubescent ; umbel, terminal ; pedicels nodding, with 



minute bracts at the base. 

 HAB. Mountain bogs. May June, 7|_ ; leaves very large, about 



3, subrad. ; scape 6 8 in. long ; umb. 3 4 Jl. ; Jl. greenish yd 



low ; berry blue. 



* * * * Corolla 6-cleft, cylindric ; Jilaments inserted on the upper 



part of the tube ; berry 3-celled ; cells %-seeded. 

 (Flowers axillary.) 



POLYGONATUM. 



C. multijlora: stem terete; leaves alternate, amplexicaul, oblong-oval ; 

 peduncles axillary, many-flowered. 



HAB. Rocky hills. June July, 7J. ; stem 23 feet high, smooth ; 

 Jl. gr. white. 



C. pubescens : stem nearly terete, furrowed ; leaves alternate, am- 

 plexicaul, ovate, pubescent beneath ; peduncles axillary, generally 

 2-flowered. 



HAB. Rock. June, Tj. ; stem 18 in. high, smooth ; Jl. yel., white 

 and green. 



