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A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



but with a white flower. April. Ontario to Georgia, and west- 

 ward. Rare or wanting near the coast. 



76. LILY-OF-THE- VALLEY. CONVALLARIA. 



Nearly stemless herbs with 2 or 3 many-veined leaves, 

 sheathing at the base. Flowers white, drooping, in an erect, 

 often I -sided, raceme. Petals united to form a round or bell- 

 shaped flower. Fruit a pulpy berry. {Convallariaccae.) The 

 only species is 



LiLY-OF-TiiE- Valley. Convallaria majalis. Leaves oblong 

 or oval, pointed at both ends, 4-9 in. long, about Yz as wide. 

 Flower cluster, 1-33^ in. long. Flowers about ^ in. long. 

 Berry about ^4 i"- ii^ diameter. May. Common in cultiva- 

 tion and often escaping in the north and east, but wild only 

 in the mountains of Virginia and the Carolinas. Fig. 76. 



77. WILD LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY. CUNTONIA. 



Stemless herbs with basal sheathing leaves. Flower stalks 

 as long as the leaves. Flowers in a cluster, the petals dis- 

 tinct, often spreading. Fruit an oval or round berry. (Con- 

 vallariaccae. ) 

 Flowers yellowish-green, nodding ; plant smooth ; berry blue. 



78. Clintonia or Wild Lily-of-the- Valley. Clintonia 

 horcalis. Leaves usually 3, sometimes more or fewer, usually 

 shorter than the stalk of the flower cluster. Flowers 3-6 in 



