LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY FAMILY 



i . Unifolium Canadense ( Desf. ) Greene. Fafce Lily-of-lbc-vallcy 

 Two-leaved Solomon's Seal. (Fig. 1034.) 



431 



I ik' 1034.) 



Canadtnu Ue.l Ana MB* 

 t , P ?" H -. 9: 5f 1807. 



S "i'/"' Ctmaltmtii A. Cray. 



Man. Bd. 3. 467. |M& 



<' Camadfmtt ftrrenr. Ball. Torr. Ctab. 

 i$: 287. 1888. 



Glabrous or pubescent Stem slender. 

 erect, often xigzag. i .vleaved (uau. 

 leaved), 2'-;' high; leave* ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, i acute, acumii 



blunt and cuspidate at the apes, cordate at 

 the base with a narrow or cloaed 

 sile, short-petioled. or the l.,u, 

 with a petiole V long; solitary leave* of the 

 stemless plants on petiole* i'-4' long; ra- 

 ceme rather dense, many-flow 

 long; pedicels mostly longer than the flow- 

 ers; perianth-segments oblong, obtuse, be- 

 coming reflexed, about i" long, rather longer 

 than the stamens; berry pale red. speckled. 

 about 2" in diameter. 



Ill limi-t WiMxli ami thlrkt t-v Nrwfoawdhnd 



to tlu- Northwi st ; 



oliiia, low.i.m.l Snith Dakota. Aoceflds to jooo 



ft. in Virginia. May-July. 



5. DISPORUM Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. i: 331. r~ 

 [PROSARTES Don, Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 341. 1840.] 



More or less pubescent herbs with slender rootstocks, branching sterna, scaly below, 

 leafy above, and alternate somewhat inequilateral sessile or clasping, leave*, the flower* ter- 

 minal, drooping, whitish or greenish yellow, solitary or few in simple umbels. Perianth 

 of 6 narrow equal separate deciduous segments. Stamens 6, hypogynous; filaments filiform 

 or somewhat flattened, longer than the anthers; anthers oblong, or linear, cxtrorse. Ovary 

 3-celled; ovules 2 or sometimes several in each cavity; >:yle slender; stigma 3-cleft or en- 

 tire. Berry ovoid or oval, obtuse. [Greek, referring to the 2 ovules in each cavity of the 

 ovary, in most species.] 



About 15 species, natives of North America and Asia. Besides the following, some 5 others 

 occur in western North America. 



Stamens shorter than the perianth; fruit smooth, 2-6-seeded. i /' lattufiii- 



Stamens as long as the perianth; fruit roughened, 4-i8-seeded. 



i. Disporum lanuginosum (Michx.) Nichols. Hairy Disjxirtiui. !'!>;. : 



Streptopus lanuginosus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 



201. 1803. 

 Prosarlcs lanuginosa Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. 



18: 532. 1841. 

 Disporum lanuginosum Nichols. Diet. Card. 



i: 485. 1884. 



Finely and rather densely pubescent, 

 i/^-2> high. Leaves ovate lanceolate, 

 or oblong-lanceolate, 2 / ~4 - ^ / long, i / -2 / 

 wide, long-acuminate at the apex, rounded 

 at the base, y-15-nerved; flowers solitary or 

 2 ~3 together, greenish, 6 // ~9 // long; pedi- 

 cels filiform, about i' long; perianth nar- 

 rowly campanulate, its segments linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat spreading, 

 glabrous, one-third to one-half longer than 

 the stamens; ovary oblong; style slender, 

 longer than the stamens or equalling them, 

 3-cleft; berry oval, red, pulpy, 2-6-seeded, 

 5"-7" long. 



In woods, Ontario to western New York, 

 Georgia and Tennessee. Ascends to 4000 ft. in 

 Virginia. May-June. 



