LILY FAMILY 



LILIACE.E LILY FAMILY 



Smilacina stellata, (L.) Desf. 

 White Star-flowered Solomon's Seal, 



False Solomon's Seal. 

 May-early June 



Smilacina: for derivation see racemose. 

 Stellate: Latin for starred. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: open woods. 



THE PLANT: erect, eight inches to twenty inches tall; the 

 stem unbranched, leafy, hairless. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate; 

 hairless on both surfaces, or with minute soft hairs be- 

 neath; acuminate at the apex; sessile and slightly clasping 

 at the base; entire. 



THE FLOWERS: few, in racemes, sessile or on short pe- 

 duncles; perianth in six parts, withering, persistent. 



THE FRUIT: a berry, black or green with six black stripes. 



Smilacina stellata (False Solomon's Seal) is in every 

 way a smaller and more delicate plant, than the racemosa, 

 having narrower leaves and fewer flowers. Another and 

 more reliable mark of distinction is the fact that its leaves 

 are slightly clasping. 



LILIACE^E LILY FAMILY 



Maianthemum canadense, (Desf.) Greene. 

 White False Lily-of-the-V alley, 



Wild Lily-of-the-V alley, 

 May-early June Two-leaved Solomon's Seal t 



Cowslip, 



Bead-ruby, 



One-leaf, 



One-blade. 



Maianthemum: Latin for May and Greek for flower. 

 Canadense: Latin for Canadian. 

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