48 Convallariaceae 



short, acuminate, often with a twisted tip. 

 Flowers small, yellowish-white in a close 

 terminal head ij~3j inches long; petals and 

 sepals minute, .about T V of an inch long; 

 stamens 6, the filaments petaloid and about 

 | of an inch long, anthers yellowish white. 



Common throughout the region in the 

 moist rich woods; flowering during June. 



Plant 1-3 feet high, from a short, 

 Streptopus 



stout rootstock, covered with 

 amplexi- 



folius (L.) numerous fibrous roots; stem 

 DC. Tall glaucous, usually branching be- 

 Twisted- low the m iddle, smooth above 

 and covered with stiff hairs 

 below. Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, 

 2-5 inches long, 1-2 inches wide, acuminate, 

 smooth, bright green above, glaucous be- 

 neath, heart-shaped and clasping at the 

 base. Flowers numerous, i or 2 on a 

 stem at the back of each of the upper 

 leaves, stem bent or twisted about the 

 middle; sepals and petals greenish-white or 

 yellowish, narrowly lanceolate about J an 



