LILY FAMILY. Liliaceae. 



A much smaller species than the fore- 

 False Solo- -.,, 

 mon's Seal g m g> with a very small but pretty starry 



Smilacina cluster of white flowers at the tip of the 



stellata stem. The leaves, light blue-green and 



very firm, clasp the zigzag stem. The 



flower is 1 inch wide. The berries, which 

 June 



are few, are at first spotted and finally 

 dull ruby-red. 8-16 inches high. Moist banks and 

 meadows. Me. , south to N. J. , and west. 

 Three=leaved A still smaller species, with generally 

 False Solo- three leaves, but sometimes two or even 



mon's Seal four, tapering to a sheathing base ; flowers 

 Smilacina ,, ,. ,, , , 



trifolia smaller than those of the preceding spe- 



White cies, and the berries red like those of 



May-early the next species. 2-6 inches high. In 

 June bogs or wet woods. Me., south to Perm., 



west to Mich. 



Although the resemblance of Smilacina trifolia to 

 Maianthemum Canadense (the next species described) is 

 close, the differences are easily detected by a close ob- 

 server. The (usually) three leaves of Smilacina trifolia 

 clasp the stem but are in no way heart-shaped at the 

 base. This species also has six sepals and as many 

 stamens, and the whole plant is invariably smooth, not 

 fine-hairy as is sometimes the case with the next species. 

 The berries of Smilacina and Maianthemum are closely 

 similar, but those of Smilacina stellata are in a measure 

 harder, more opaque than any of the others, and cer- 

 tainly not blackish, as described in Gray's Manual, 6th 

 ^Edition, but dull red. 



