328 85. ASPARAGACE.E. 



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

 pedicel. 



4. MAIANTHEMUM. Perianth 4-parted ; segments horizon- 

 tally patent or reflexed, deciduous. Stam.4. Style I. Stigma 

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



5. Ruscus. Perianth 6-parted to the base, persistent. Male 

 with the filaments connected into a tube on the top of which 

 the 3 anth. are placed. Fern.' the same, but the anthers 

 barren. Style 1. Stigmas, capitate. Berry 3-celled ; cells 

 2-seeded. 



1 . ASPARAGUS Linn. 



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

 spines branched, 1. fasciculated terete flexible setaceous. E. B. 

 339. Root creeping. Stems many, scaly, erect, or rarely 

 procumbent, scarcely more than a foot high (in cultivation 

 3 feet). Sea-coast, rare. Kynance Cove, Cornwall. South 

 coast of Anglesea. Giltar Point, Pemb- Gosford Links, Scotl. 

 P. VIII. E. S. 



2. CONVALLARIA Linn. Lily of the Valley. 



1. C. majalis (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. POLYGONATUM Tourn. Solomon's Seal. 



1. P. verticillatum (All.) ; /. linear-lanceolate whorled, st. erect 

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

 a whorl. Berries red. Woods. Den of Rechip and Craighall, 

 Perthshire. Smalesmouth, Northumberland. P. VI. E. S. 



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

 alternate, st. angular, peduncles 1 2-fto\veredi, filaments glabrous. 

 Convallaria Polygonatum (L.), E. B. 280. R. x. 434. Height 

 1 H foot. Berry bluish. -Woods, rare. P. V. E. 



3. P. multifiorum (All.) ; 1. ovate-oblong half clasping glabrous 

 alternate, st. round, peduncles 1- or many-flowered, filaments 

 downy. E. B. 279. R. x. 433. Height 2 feet. Berry bluish. 

 Woods. P. V. E. S. 



4. MAIANTHEMUM Wiggers. 



*1. M. bifolium (DC.); st. with 2 alternate stalked triangular- 

 cordate leaves. Ger. Herb. p. 409. Convallaria L., St. 13. 6. 



