178 Lily (Liliacecz). [No. 25 



Fig. 84. (5) False Sarsaparilla. S. glakca, Walt. 



Flowers, in six- to twelve-blossomed clusters. Cluster- 

 stems, flattened ; two to three times as long as the 

 leaf-stems ; each flower-stem, one sixth to one third 

 inch long. March, June. 



Leaves, usually two to four inches in length, egg-shape, 

 varying from very broad to narrow egg-shape, entire ; 

 smooth, with a marked whitish bloom (glaucus) be- 

 neath and sometimes above ; five-veined, the two side 

 veins indistinct. Base, usually rounded and slightly 

 pointed, often somewhat heart-shape. Apex, mostly 

 rather blunt, with a sharp point. Leaf-stem, one quar- 

 ter to one half inch long. Prickles, when present, 

 usually slender. 



Fruit, black, mostly two- to three-seeded. 



Found, in dry thickets, from Massachusetts to Florida, 

 and westward. 



A woody vine with a round stem, sometimes armed with 

 scattered prickles (either needle-like or triangular), some- 

 times unarmed. Branchlets, oftes covered, like the leaves, 

 with a whitish bloom ; sometimes slightly triangular. Root- 

 stock running deep, with tubers one to one and a half 

 inches long, and one inch thick and often in masses. 



Fig. 85. (6) Stretch- Berry. S. bbna-ndx, L. 



Flowers, twelve- to forty-blossomed, in clusters. Cluster- 

 stein, seven twelfths to one and two twelfths inch 

 long (about twice as long as the leaf-stem) ; each 

 flower-stem, one sixth to one third inch long. 



Leaves, varying from heart-shape, usually with the middle 

 slightly hollowed on each side, to strongly three-lobed, 



