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solitary or in pairs ; sepals lincar-lanccolatc, taper-pointed (J' long), soon spread- 

 ing, twice the length of the stamens, greenish; style smooth ; stigmas 3. (Strep- 

 topus lanuginosus, Michx.) — Kich woods, Western New York to Virginia, 

 Kentucky, and soutliward along tlie Alleghanies. May. 



14. STREPTOPUS, Michx. TwisTiiD-SxALK. 



Perianth recurvcd-spreading from a bell-shaped base ; the 6 distinct sepals 

 lanceolate, acute, tiic 3 inner keeled, deciduous. Anthers arrow-siuiped, ex- 

 trorse, lixed near the base to tlie short flattened filaments, tajjcring above to a 

 slender entire or 2cleft point. Ovary with many ovules in each cell: style 

 and sometimes the stigmas one. Berry red, roundish-ovoid, many-seeded. — 

 Herbs, with rather stout stems, forking and divergent branches, ovate and taper- 

 pointed rounded-clasping membranaceous leaves, and small (extra-) axillary 

 flowers, either solitary or in pairs, on slender thread-like peduncles, which are 

 abruptly bent or contorted near the middle (whence the name, from (TrptnTos, 

 twisted, and novs, foot or stalL) 



1. S. amplexifblius, DC. Leaven vm/ smooth, (/la ucous wider tmitJi,strong\y 

 clasping ; Jloirer ijreenish-w/iite on a long peduncle abruptly bent above the mid- 

 dle ; anthers tapering to a slender entire point; sthjma entire, truncate. (S. dis- 

 tdrtus, Mirhx. Uvularia amplexifolia, L.) — Cold and moist woods, from Penn. 

 northward. June. — Stem 2° -3° high, rough at the base, otherwise very 

 smooth. Sepals ^' long. — In this, as in the next, the peduncles arc opposite 

 tlie leaves, rather than truly axillary, and arc bent round the clasping base under- 

 neath them : they are rarely 2-flowered. (En.) 



2. S. r6seus, Michx. Leaves green both sides, finely cilinte, and the branches 

 sparingly beset with short bristly hairs •, flower rose-purple, more than half the 

 length of the slightly bent peduncle; anthers 2-horned ; stigma 3-cleJl. — Cold 

 damp woods, northward, and in the Alleghanies southward. May. 



15. CLINTONIA, Raf. Clintonia. 



Perianth of G separate sepals, bell-sha])cd, lily-like, deciduous ; the 6 stamens 

 inserted at their base. Filaments long and thread-like : anthers linear or ol)- 

 long, extrorsely fixed by a point above the base, the cells opening down the 

 margins. Ovary ovoid-oblong, 2-3-ccllcd: style long : stigmas 2 or 3, or in 

 ours united into one. Berry ovoid, blue, few -many-seeded. — Stemless peren- 

 nials, with slender creeping rootstocks, producing a naked scape sheathed at 

 the base by the stalks of 2-4 large oblong or oval ciliatc leaves. Flowers 

 rather large, umbelled, rarely single. (Dedicated to De Witt Clinton.) 



1. C. bore^lis, Raf. Umbel few- (2-7-) flowered; ovules 20 or more. 

 (Dracaena borealis, Ait.) — Cold moist woods, Massachusetts to Wisconsin and 

 northward, and southward along the Alleghanies. June. — Scape and leaves 

 5' -8' long. Perianth over V long, grecnish-j-ellow, somewhat downy outside. 



2. C. umbellata, Torr. Umbel mamj-flowered ; owiXcs 2 in cax:\\ cqW. (C. 

 multiflora, Deck. Convallaria umbellulata, Michx.) — Rich woods, S. W. New 

 York, and soutlnvard along the Alleghanies. June, July. — Flowers half the 

 size of the last, white, speckled with green or purplish dots. 



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