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THE FLORA. 



g Stem leafy, bearing a cluster. Flowers 6-parted Solomon's Seal. SMILACI'NA. fc 

 g Scape leafless, bearing an umbel. Berry 2-seeded. Ciintonia. CLINTO'NIA. 8 



g Stem leafy, bearing a cluster. Flowers 4-parted. Tway-leaf. MAJAN'THEMCM. 

 h Steins branching. Flowers small, axillary. Berry red. ASPAR'AOUS. 



k Filaments flat, as long as the sagittate anthers. Twist-foot. STREPTO'PCS. 



k Filaments filiform, much longer than the anthers. Prosartes. PROSAR'TES. 



k Filaments shorter than the long, linear anthers. Beilwort. UVULA'RIA. 7 



1. ERYTIIRO'NIUM. Dog-tooth Violet 



Perianth bell-form, se- a- 

 pals recurved, the 3 inner 

 ones usually with a callous 

 tooth each side near the 

 base, and a groove in the 

 middle. Pod a little 

 stalked. Seeds egg-sh.ip- 

 ed. Stem a bulb deep in 

 the ground. Scape bear- 

 ing a single flower, its 

 base sheathed by the base 

 of the two smooth leaves. 

 Apr., May. 



Fig. 65T. The Dog-tooth Vio- 

 let (E. Americanum). 8. The 

 bnlb. 9. The flower spread open, 

 showing the 2 teeth in each petal, 

 also the position of all the parts. 

 6CO. The ovary, style, and stigma. 



1. A cross-section of the ovary. 



2. The plan of the flower : a, the 

 8 sepals in the outer circle; !>, 

 the 3 petals next; c, the 6 sta- 

 mens ; and d, the 8-celled ovary. 8 



E. Ainerica'num. Yellow E. Flower yellow. Soape without a bract. Petal* 



toothed. Leaves spotted, nearly equal. Common. 

 E. bractea'tum. Bi-acted E. Flower greenish-yellow. Scape bearing a bract. 



Leaves very unequal. Mountains. Vt. 

 E albi'dura. Wldte E. Flower white. Scape without a bract. Petals not toothed. 



Kare in N. Y. and W. 



