Convallariaceae 



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Vagnera 

 stellata (L.) 

 Morong. 

 Star- 

 flowered 

 Solomon's 

 Seal. 



Glaucous throughout, 8-20 

 inches high, smooth or with 

 a few short hairs, leafy from a 

 stout fleshy root; leaves al- 

 ternate, 2-5 inches long, lan- 

 ceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, with a clasping base, 

 smooth and bright green above, glaucous 

 and minutely hairy beneath. Flowers white, 

 several forming a rather open terminal head. 

 1-2 inches long; petals and sepals narrow, \ 

 to f of an inch long; stamens 6, about half 

 their length, anthers nearly white. 



Common throughout the region in moist 

 words and thickets; flowering through June 

 and July. 



Vagnera 

 amplexi- 

 caulis 



(Nutt.) 

 Greene. 

 False Solo- 

 mon's Seal. 



Tall, stout, and leafy, 18-30 

 inches high, from a fleshy root- 

 stock; stem striate and slightly 

 hairy especially near the top; 

 leaves alternate, sessile or short- 

 petioled, ovate or oblong, 3-7 

 inches long, 1^-3 inches broad, 



