ASPARAGUS. POLYGONATUM. 415 



2. CONVALLARIA. Perianth bellshaped, 6-parted, deciduous. 

 Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled. Stigma blunt, trigonous. 

 Berry with 1-seeded cells. Fl. jointed to pedicel. 



3. POLYGONATUM. Perianth tubular, 6-toothed, tardily de- 

 ciduous. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled. Stigma blunt, 

 trigonous. Berry with 1 2-seeded cells. Fl. not jointed 

 to pedicel. 



4. MAIANTHEMUM. Perianth ^-parted', segments horizon- 

 tally patent or reflexed, deciduous. Stam. 4. Style 1, 

 bifid. Stigma blunt. Berry 2-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 



5. Ruscus. Dioecious. Perianth 6-pnrted to the base, per- 

 sistent. Filaments forming an ovoid tube, on the top of 

 which the 3 anth. are placed. Fern, the same, but the 

 anthers barren. Style 1. Stigmas capitate. Barry 1-celled, 

 rarely 2-seeded. Fl. on ditk of persistent leaflike shoots. 



1. ASPAR'AGUS Linn. 



1. A. officindlis (L.) ; st. herbaceous mostly erect without 

 spines branched, 1. clustered terete flexible setaceous. E. It. 

 339. Creeping. Stems many. a. A. maritimus (L.); st. 

 prostrate at the base, branches short about 1 ft. long. A. pro- 

 stratus (Dum.) ; Butt. S. Bot. Belg. i. t. 2. */3. altilis L.; st. 

 erect about>3 feet high, branches long. Sea-coast, rare. Kyn- 

 ance Cove, Cornwall. South coast of Anglesea. Glamorgan. 

 Giltar Point, Pernb. Tramore, Waterf. #. Escape from 

 cultivation. P. VIII. E. 1. 



2. CONVALLA'RIA Linn. Lily of the Valley. 



1. C. majdlis (L.). E. B. 1035. St. 14. 10. About a foot 

 high. L. 2, ovate-lanceolate, radical. Scape semicylindrical. 

 Fl. racemose, nodding, pure white, globose-bellshaped, fragrant. 

 --Woods and thickets. P. V. E. S. 



3. POLYGONA'TUM Mill. Solomon's Seal. 



1. P. verticilldtum (All.) ; I. linear-lanceolate whorled, st. erect 

 angular. E. B. 128. R. x. 435. St. 2 leet high. L. 35 in 

 a whorl. Berries red. Woods. Perthshire. Smalesmouth, 

 Northumberland. P. VI. E. S. 



2. P. officindle (All.) ; 1. ovate-oblong half-clasping glabrous 

 alternate, st. angular, peduncles 1 2-flowered, cor. not narrowed 



