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11. POLYGON A' TUM, Tourn. SOLOMON'S SEAL. 



1. P. biflo'rum, Ell. (SMALLER SOLOMON'S SEAL.) Stem 

 slender, 1-3 feet high. Leaves ovate-oblong or lance-oblong. 

 Peduncles mostly 2 -flowered. Filaments hairy. Rich 

 woods. 



2. P. gigante'um, Dietrich, (GREAT S.) is occasionally 

 met with westward and south-westward. The stem is taller 

 and stouter than in the last, the peduncles several-flowered, 

 and the filaments are not hairy. 



12. ASPAR'AGUS, L. ASPARAGUS. 



A. offieina'lis, L. (GARDEN ASPARAGUS.) Escaped from 

 gardens in a few places. 



13. LILIOI, L. LILT. 



1. L. Philadel'phieum, L. (WILD ORANGE-.RED LILY.) 

 Divisions of the perianth narrowed into dawn below, not 

 recurved at the top. Flowers erect, 1-3, orange, spotted 

 with purple inside. Leaves linear-lanceolate, the upper 

 mostly in whorls of 5-8. Sandy soil. 



2. L. Canadense, L. (WILD YELLOW LILY.) Divisions 

 of the perianth recurved above the middle. Flowers nodding, 

 few, orange, spotted with brown inside. Leaves remotely 

 whorled, 3-ribbed. Swamps and wet meadows. - 



3. L. super' bum, L. (L. Carolinianum, Michx, in Ma- 

 coun's Catalogue.) (TURK'S-CAP LILY.) Divisions of the 

 perianth very strongly recurved. Flowers nodding, often 

 numerous, in a pyramidal raceme, bright orange, dark-pur- 

 ple-spotted within. Lower leaves whorled, 3-ribbed or 

 nerved. Stem taller than either of the first two, 3-7 feet. 

 Rich low grounds, commoner southward and south-west- 

 ward. 



14. i:itv TIIHO MI >!. L. DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET. 



1. E. America' num, Smith. (YELLOW ADDER'S TONGUE.) 

 Perianth light yetlow, sometimes spotted at the base. Copses 

 and rich meadows. 



2. E. al'bidum, Nutt. (WHITE DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET.) 

 Leaves less blotched than the last. Perianth pinkish-white. 

 Not common. 



