LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY FAMILY. 

 2 . Clintonia umbellulata (Michx.) Torr. White Clintonia. 





.'. loyx) 



Dracaena *mMlMlala Mich* FJ But 



i: 309. i^ot. 

 Clintonia itltala Raf. Juura Ph**. tos. 



1819. 

 C. umMlala Torr. F! 



Scape more or lesa pnbesrr 

 high, sometimes bearing a tnilt lea/. 

 Leaves 2-5, oblong, ohlanraols* or obo- 

 vate, shorter than the scape or equalling 

 it, acute or cuspidate, ciliate on the smar- 

 gins and sometimes also on the midveia 

 beneath, I #'-4' w. 

 many-flowered; pedicels 

 erect, slender, pubescent, at first short, 

 becoming tf'-itf' long in fru 

 white, odorous, often purplbh 

 4"-5" long; perianth-segments obtasish; 

 ovary 2-ccllcd; ovules a in each c 

 style slender; >erTy globose, black, about 

 3" in diameter, few-seeded. 



In wcxxR New York nd NVw Jrrary to 

 Georgia an<l Trnnessec. Aacead- 

 in Virginia. Majr-Jc 



3. VAGNERA Adans. Fam. PI. 2: 496. i; 

 [SMILACINA Desf. Ann. Mus. Paris, 9: 51. 1807.] 



Rootstocks slender, or short and thick. Stem simple, scaly below, leafy above, the 

 ives alternate, short -petioled or sessile ovate, lanceolate or oblong. Inflorescence * 

 linal raceme or panicle. Flowers white or greenish white, small. Perianth of 6 separate 

 ^reading equal segments. Stamens 6, inserted at the bases of the perianth-segments; fila- 

 icnts filiform or slightly flattened; anthers ovate, introrse. Ovary 3<elled, sessile, snb~ 

 ijlobose; ovules 2 in each cavity; style short or slender, columnar; stigma j-groored or j- 

 lobed. Berry globular. Seeds usually i or 2, subglobose. [Named in honor of Wagner. ) 

 About 25 species, natives of North America. Central Anu-rica and Asia. Besides the following. 

 one or two others occur in the western United States. 

 Flowers numerous, panicled. 

 Flowers few-several, racemose. 



Plant io'-i8' high; leaves numerous. :*t*. 



Plant 2'-i5 ( high; leaves 2-4. 



i. Vagnera racemosa (L-.) Morong. Wild Spikenard. < l : \. 103 



Convallaria racemosa L. Sp. PI. 315. 1753. 

 Smilacina racemosa Desf. Ann. Mus. Pans, 9: 51. 



1807. 

 / 'a<fnera racemosa Morong, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 



114. 1894. 



Rootstock rather thick, fleshy. Stem some- 

 what angled, slender or stout, erect or ascend- 

 ing, leafy, finely pubescent above, or nearly 

 glabrous, sometimes zigzag, i-3 high. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate or oval, sessile or the lower 

 short-petioled, 3 / -6 / long, I'-tf wide, acumi- 

 nate, finely pubescent beneath and sometimes 

 also above, their margins minutely ciliate; 

 panicle densely many-flowered, \'-\' long, 

 peduncled; pedicels shorter than the flowers, 

 or equalling them; flowers about 2" broad; 

 perianth- segments oblong, equalling the 

 ovary; berry red, aromatic, speckled with pur- 

 ple, -2."-$" in diameter. 



In moist woods and thickets. Nova Scotia to 

 British Columbia, south to Georgia, Missouri and 

 Arizona. Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. May 

 July. 



Vagnera amplexicaiilis (Xutt.) Greene, of western North America, 

 its clasping leaves and longer style, may occur in west 





