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1-2 in. long. Flowers larger than in the preceding. Berry 

 green and black striped, or black. June. Sandy soil. New- 

 foundland to Virginia, and westward. A related species, 

 Vagnera trifolia, differs in having only 2-4 leaves and is 

 found from Newfoundland to Conn, and Penn., west to 

 Michigan, mostly in the richer soils of the mountains. 



85. FALSE LILY-OF-THE- VALLEY. UNIFOLIUM. 



Small slender herbs with leaves heart-shaped at the base. 

 Flowers white, in a small terminal cluster, the petals and 

 other parts of the flower in 4's. Fruit a round berry. (Con- 

 vallariaceae. ) 



False Lily-of-the- Valley. Unifolium canadense. (Maian- 

 themuni canadense.) Not over 7 in. high, usually lower. 

 Leaves mostly 2, sometimes i or 3, oval, acute at the tip, 

 heart-shaped at the base, 1-3 in. long. Raceme many- 

 flowered, 1-2 in. long. Flowers about %2 i"- wide. Berry 

 speckled, reddish, about % in. in diameter. June. Newfound- 

 land to Tenn., and westward. Common, and growing nearly 

 always in considerable masses. Fig. 85. 



86. BELLWORTS AND DISPORUM. UVULARIA 

 AND DISPORUM. 



Slender herbs with alternate stalkless leaves. Flowers i 

 or 2, rarely 3, terminal, the petals distinct, or partly united 

 below. Fruit a berry or 3-angled pod. (Convallariaccae.) 

 Leaves conspicuously stem-clasping, the stem passing through the 

 blade of the leaf 



Leaves bluish green and smooth Bcllwort no. 87 



Leaves green and hairy beneath Bcllwort no. 88 



Leaves merely stalkless, not stem-clasping. 



Fruit a 3-angled pod ; leaves equilateral, acute at each end 



Bcllwort no. 89 



Fruit a pulpy berry; leaves inequilateral, rounded 



at the base Disp<iruni no. 90 



