CLINTONIA. 



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Analysis. — One soon learns to associate this plant with 

 Convallaria, and to analyze it by a series of comparisons. 

 Let the following points be spe- 

 cially investigated : 



The Stem, its habit, form and kind. 



The Leaves, their clothing, venation 

 and outline. 



The Inflorescence and its appendages. 



The Flower, its symmetry, cohesions, 

 form of perianth. 



The Fruit, its kind, form, color, cells. 



The Seeds — number, contents. 



The Name is Clint onia lor ca- 

 lls. The genus was dedicated by 

 Rafinesque to Gov. DeWitt Clin- 

 ton ; borealis, is the Latin for 

 northern. 



Classification. — The Clinto- 

 nias, Convallarias, Uvularias, Ery- 

 throniums, Tulips, are some of the 

 beautiful creations which consti- 

 tute the order of the Lily worts — 

 or LiLiACE^. The true Lilies, or 

 the genus Lilium, will adorn our fields and gardens in mid 

 summer, and add new luster to this splendid order. Lind 



Clintonia borealis ; 5, ' 

 berry cut across to show the 

 2 cells. 



ley estimates its numbers to be — ge; 

 all combining the following traits : 



147 ; species, 1200, 



Leaves parallel-veined, simple. 



Flowers regular, perfect, almost always 3-parted. 



Perianth free from the ovary, its segments colored alike. 



Stamens as many as the segments of the perianth. 



Styles wholly or portly united. 



Fruit a berry or capsule. 



Seeds albuminous, one-cotyledoned. 



