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si<ii-s, but usually paler beneath, their margins finely ciliate. Fkwvrs 

 purple or rose colored, about one-third of an inch long, slendt-r- 

 peduncled, solitary or two together from the axil of each of the upper leavi s 

 on slender peduncles, one-half to i inch long, the peduncle bent or twisted 

 at about the middle; perianth bell-shaped, its six segments lanceolate and 

 pointed, their tips somewhat recurved or spreading. Stamens six, shorter 

 than the perianth. Fruit a globose, red berry about one-third of an inch 

 or less in diameter. 



In moist woods, Newfoundland to Manitoba, Georgia and Michigan. 

 Flowering in May and June. 



The Clasping-leaved Twisted-stalk (Streptopus amplexi- 

 folius (Linnaeus) De Candolle) is similar but the leaves are clasping 

 around the stem at their bases, glaucous or whitish beneath and the flow c-rs 

 are greenish white in color. 



The Hairy Disporum (Disp.orum lanuginosum (Michaux) 

 Nichols.) resembles the Twisted-stalks in manner of growth, but the leaves 

 are somewhat narrower and not clasping and the flowers are solitary or 

 few together at the ends of the branches, one-half to three-fourths of an 

 inch long and greenish in color. It is found in woods in western New York. 



Hairy Solomon's-seal 

 Polygonatum biflonim (Walter) Elliott 



Plt II 



Stems slender, smooth, arching, often zigzag above from a thick, 

 horizontal, jointed rootstock, bearing the raised orbicular scars of the stems 

 of former years; stem naked below, above bearing six to many opposite 

 or nearly opposite, oval or ovate leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, one-half to 2 

 inches wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed or obtuse at the 

 base, pale or pubescent beneath, glabrous above, the upper leaves commonly 

 narrower than the lower; flowers in drooping, axillary clusters of one to 

 four (often two), perianth greenish or greenish yellow, tubular, one-third 

 to one-half of an inch long, with six short lobes; the six stamens shorter 

 than the tube, their anthers sagittate and filaments minutely roughened. 

 Fruit a dark blue, pulpy berry about one-fourth of an inch in diameter. 



