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4 stamens. See my med. flora article Sigillaria, 

 and my flora tellur. for the Genera blended in 

 Convallaria and Dracena. The characters of 

 Clintonia are perigone coroUiform Cparted 

 campan. deciduous, 6 stamens inserted at the 

 base, filiform, anthers oblonj^, style compressed, 

 stigma bilobe compressed. Berry bilocular, 

 cells pol}^ sperm. Roots creeping perennial^ 

 stem scapose leafy at the base only, flowers 

 terminal geminate or umbellate whitish, ber- 

 ries blue — they are rare plants of the Canada 

 region and the highest Mountains, flowers ver- 

 nal, called Ciiscum by the Linapian tribes. 

 Dedicated to my friend the worthy D. Clinton 

 a worthy Philosopher, Naturahst and Botanist 

 as eminent as Jefferson. Beck reduces the sp. 

 to C. borealis and multiflora which are each 

 the type of a subgenus, but include several sp. 

 and varieties, that I have carefuly studied. 



427. Subgenus Cuscu3iia Raf. (or Podani- 

 siA if too barbarous) flowers 2 to 5 no bracts, 

 sepals oblong or lanceolate opening like a bell, 

 style equal or longer than stamens, stigma bi- 

 lobed. Only 2 or 3 leaves, flowers ochroleu- 

 cous, peduncles unequal, 



428. Subgenus Onyxula Raf flowers um- 

 bellate 7 to 15 with one or more minute bracts, 

 sepals unguiculate or base attenuated, claws 

 erect, limb oboval spreadihg or rotate, style 

 shorter than stamens, stigma notched. Several 

 leaves 4 to 7 subradical, flowers white, pe- 

 duncles eqaal, 



429. Clintonia (Cusc) biflora Raf Three 

 similar leaves elliptic cuneate acuminate cili- 

 ate, scape smooth elongate biflore, peduncles 

 erect unequal, sepals lanceolate obtuse berries 

 rounded — Apalachian Mts. or Southern Alle- 



