LILIACEJE 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: open woods. 



THE PLANT: erect, two inches to seven inches high; the 

 stem often zigzag, unbranched; hairless or with short, 

 soft hairs, slender. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; one to three; ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate; acute, acuminate or blunt at the apex; heart- 

 shaped at the base; sessile or petioled; entire. 



THE FLOWERS: in a rather dense, many-flowered raceme 

 which is one to two inches long; perianth four-parted; 

 stamens four. 



THE FRUIT: a berry, pale red and speckled. 



This two-leaved Solomon's Seal is a tall and delicately 

 constructed plant, whose slender stem is usually smooth 

 and provided with two or three rather long leaves. At 

 the summit of the stem are crowded in a cluster the small 

 lily-shaped white flowers, which later give place to pale 

 and speckled berries. 



LILIACE^E LILY FAMILY 



Polygonatum biflorum, (Walt) Ell. 



Pale green to white Small Solomon's Seal 



Ladder -to-Heaven, 

 Jacob's Ladder, 



April-early June Hairy Solomon's Seal, 



Dwarf Solomon's Seal, 

 Seawort, 

 Conquer John. 



Polygonatum: name from Greek meaning many-kneed in 

 allusion to the numerous joints of the Footstalk. 



Biflorum: Latin for two-flowered. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: open woods. 



THE PLANT: erect one foot to three feet high; the stem 

 often zigzag, slender, hairless. 



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