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O. SMILACFNA, Desf. FALSE SOLOMON'S SEAL. 



1. S. racemo'sa, Desf. (FALSE SPIKENARD.) Raceme com- 

 pound. Stem pubescent, 2 feet high. Leaves many, oblong, 

 taper-pointed, ciliate. Berries speckled with purple. Rich 

 woods and thickets. 



2. S. Stella'ta, Desf. Raceme simple. Stem nearly smooth, 

 1-2 feet high. Leaves 7-12, oblong-lanceolate, slightly clasping. 

 Berries black. Moist woods and copses. 



3. S. trifo'lia, Desf. Raceme simple. Stem low (3-6 inches), 

 glabrous. Leaves usually 3, oblong, the bases sheathing. Berries 

 red. Bogs. 



4. S. bifolia, Ker., var. Canadensis, Gray. (Maianthemum 

 Canadense, Desf., in Macoun's Catalogue.) Distinguished at 

 once by the 4-po>rted perianth and the 4 stamens. Raceme simple. 

 Stem 3-5 inches high. Leaves usually 2, but sometimes 3. Moist 

 woods. 



10. POLYGONA'TUM, Tourn. SOLOMON'S SEAL. 



1. P. biflo'rum, Ell. (SMALLER SOLOMON'S SEAL.) Stem 

 slender, 1-3 feet high. Leaves ovate-oblong or lance-oblong. 

 Peduncles mostly 2-flowered. Filaments hairy. Rich woods. 



2. P. gigante'um, Dietrich, (GREAT S.) is occasionally met 

 with westward and south-westward. The stem is taller and 

 stouter than in the last, the peduncles several-lowered, and the 

 filaments are not hairy. 



11. MI/IUM, L. LILY. 



1. L. Philadel'pliicum, L. (WILD ORANGE-RED LILY.) 

 Divisions of the perianth narrowed into claws below, not recurved 

 at the top. Flowers erect, 1-3, orange, spotted with purple 

 inside. Leaves linear-lanceolate, the upper mostly in whorls of 

 5-8. Sandy soil. ^ 



2. L. Canadense, L. (WILD YELLOW LILY.) Divisions of 

 the perianth recurved above the middle. Flowers nodding, few, 

 orange, spotted with brown inside. Leaves remotely whorled, 

 3-ribbed. Swamps and wet meadows. 



3. L. SUper'bum, L. (L. Carolinianum, Michx., in Macoun's 

 Catalogue.) (TuRK's-CAP LILY.) Divisions of the perianth ro-.// 



