No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. I23 



Smilacina trifolia (L.) Desf. (three-leaved). 

 Vagncra trifolia Morong. 

 Three-leaved Solomon's Seal. 



Rare or local. Cool sphagrium bogs : Cromwell (Andrews 

 & Bissell), East Hartford (H. S. Clark), Bristol (J. N. 

 Bishop), Colebrook (J. W. Robbins), Norfolk (Miss M. C. 

 Seymour), Salisbury (Bissell). May — June. 



MAIANTHEMUM Wiggers. 



Maianthemum canadense Desf. 

 Unifoliuni canadense Greene. 

 Wild Lily of the Valley. Two-leaved Solomon's Seal. 



Common. Moist or dry woods and thickets. Mid-May — 

 June. 



STREPTOPUS Michx. Twisted-stalk. 



Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) DC. (having leaves which clasp 

 the stem). 

 Liver Berry. 



Rare or local. Rich moist woods: Salisbury (Bissell, Mrs. 

 C.S.Phelps). May. 



Streptopus roseus ]\Iichx. (rose-colored). 

 Liver Berrv. 



Rich woods, often among rocks. Occasional in the north- 

 western part of the state, becoming local or rare eastward and 

 southward, reaching Somers (Bissell), East Haddam (Dr. E. 

 J. Thompson, Graves), Hamden (D. C. Eaton, Harger), Mon- 

 roe (Harger). May. 



POLYGONATUM Hill. Solomon's Seal. 



Polygonatum biflorum (Walt.) Ell. (two-flowered). 

 Saloinonia biUora Farwell. 

 Small or Hairy Solomon's Seal. 



Frequent. Woods and thickets. May — June. 

 The rootstock is medicinal. 



Polygonatum commutatum (R. & S.) Dietrich (variable). 

 Polygonatum giganteum Dietrich (?). 

 Salomonia commntata Farwell. 

 Great, Giant or Smooth Solomon's Seal. 



