LILIACE^E 149 



tubular- campanulate; leaves broad, usually alternate; 

 fruit a berry. 



P. multiflorum, AIL, Solomon's Seal; stem 2-3 ft, 

 peduncles axillary, bearing 2-5 flowers, leaves elliptic, 

 alternate, berry blue-black ; woods, frequent. P. officinale, 

 All. (Convallaria Polygonatum, L.) ; stem 6-12 in., 

 flowers larger, usually solitary, stem angular; woods, 

 frequent. P. verticillatum, All. (Convallaria verticillata, 

 L.); leaves linear-lanceolate, in whorls of 3-7, flowers 

 axillary, greenish-white, berry violet ; mountain woods, 

 local, abundant in Jura. 



3. MAIANTHEMUM, Wigg. 



Sepals and petals 2-3 each, distinct; stamens 4-6; 

 flowers small, white, in few-flowered racemes ; rhizome 

 slender ; fruit a berry. 



M. bifolium, DC. (M. Convallaria, Roth, Convallaria 

 bifolia } L., Smilacina bifolta, Desf.) ; stem 48 in., 

 slender, bearing two thin cordate-ovate stalked leaves; 

 mountain woods, common. 



4. STREPTOPUS, Rich. 



Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves, white ; sepals 

 and petals distinct, reflexed ; stigmas 3 ; fruit a berry. 



5. amplexifolius, DC. ; flower-stalk geniculate, stem 

 12-20 in., leaves cordate-amplexicaul, berry red; moun- 

 tain woods, rare. 



5. ASPARAGUS, L. 



Flowers small, axillary, often unisexual ; stem slender, 

 branched, springing from a creeping rhizome; leaves 



