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ghanies, flowers medial whitish, style longer 

 than stamens, stigma quite bilobe, leaves 5 or 

 6 inches long, scape 7 to 8. 



430. CL biflora Var. humilis differs by 

 smaller leaves more cuneate, 3 to 4 inches long, 

 scape 4 to 5. 



431. Cl, (Cusc) triflora Raf. Leaves 3 

 dissimilar unequal, 2 elliptical, 1 lanceoL smal- 

 ler, all ciliate acute, scape pubescent elongate 

 trifiore, peduncles unequal pubescent erect, se- 

 pals oblong obtuse berries globular — Mts. Alle- 

 ghanies on rocks in summits of ridges, humble, 

 leaves 4 to 5 inches long, scape 5 to 6, flowers 

 pale, commonly 2 peduncles opposite shorter in- 

 curved with nodding flowers, one erect longer. 

 Var. tridens, the peduncles subequal like a tri- 

 dent. 



432. Cl. (Cusc) angustifolia Raf. subcau- 

 lescent, leaves 3 similar alternate elongate nar- 

 row cuneate lanceol. acumin. ciliate, scape 

 smooth subequal to leaves,commonly 5flore, 

 peduncles unequal flexuose, sepals oblong ob- 

 tuse, berries globular — summits of Central and 

 Northern Alleghanies, larger plant nearly pe- 

 dal, with narrow leaves 8 to 10 inches long and 

 only one wide, flowers smaller than in the two 

 last, but berries larger. 



433. Cl. (Cusc) falcata Raf. Leaves 3 dis- 

 similar, 2 broad lanceol. acum. one narrow lan- 

 ceol acute falcate, all smooth like scape elon- 

 gate 3-4flore, peduncles subequal erect, berries 

 oblong — found only once in fruit on the summit 

 of the Oquago Mts. leaves equal in length about 

 6 inches, scape 9 inches, peduncles- elongate 

 uncial fastigiate. 



434. CL falcata Var.tridens. Raf, 2 leaves 

 radical elliptical lanceol. one on the stem quite 



