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1. P. biflorum, Ell. Stem terete or furrowed, smooth, curving above; 

 leaves 2-rankcd, sessile or slightly clasping, oblong, 3-7-nervcd, smooth, or 

 pubescent beneath ; peduncles much shorter than the leaves, 1 - 4-flowered ; 

 flowers greenish ; filaments granular-roughened ; berry dark-blue. (P. pubes- 

 cens, and P. multiflorum, Pursh.) Shady banks, Florida, and northward. 

 May. Stem l-2 high, naked below. Leaves 3' -4' long, acute or obtuse. 

 Flowers 4" - 5" Ions. 



2. SMILACIWA, Desf. SOLOMON'S SEAL. 



Perianth 4- or 6-parted, spreading, deciduous. Stamens 4 or 6, inserted on 

 the base of the perianth : anthers ovate. Ovary 2 - 3-celled, with two ovules in 

 each cell. Style short and thick : stigma obscurely 3-lobed. Berry globular, 



1 - 2-seeded. Stems simple, erect, leafy. Flowers small, white, in a terminal 

 raceme or panicle. 



1. SMILACINA. Divisions of the perianth and stamens 6. Ovary 3-celled. 



1. S. racemosa, Desf. Pubescent; rhizoma thick; stem flexuous, curv- 

 ing and leafy above ; leaves numerous, 2-rankcd, oblong, acuminate, nearly 

 sessile, strongly ribbed ; flowers numerous, in a close raceme or panicle ; berry 

 red, spotted. Rich soil in the upper districts, and northward. June and July. 

 Stem 1 - 2 high. Leaves 3' - 5' long. 



2. MAIANTHEMUM. Divisions of the perianth and stamens 4. Ovary 2-celled. 



2. S. bifolia, Ker. Smooth; rhizoma slender; stem low, erect, 2-leaved 

 above ; leaves ovate, cordate, sessile or clasping, finely nerved ; raceme simple, 

 few-flowered ; berry red, spotted. High mountains of North Carolina, and 

 northward. June. Stem 3' - 6' high. Leaves 1 ' - 2' long. 



3. CONVALLARIA, L. LILY or THE VALLEY. 



Perianth bell-shaped, 6-cleft, deciduous. Stamens 6, inserted on the base of 

 the perianth, included : anthers fixed at the base. Ovary 3-celled, tapering into 

 the thick style. Ovules 4 - 6 in each cell. Stigma truncate. Berry globose, 

 few-seeded. A perennial stemless herb, with a creeping rhizoma, and white 

 racemose flowers. 



1. C. majalis, L. High mountains of North Carolina. May. Smooth. 

 Rhizoma slender. Leaves two, oblong, their long petioles convolute, one within 

 the other. Scape semi-terete, bearing a 1 -sided raceme of fragrant nodding 

 flowers. Berry red. 



4. CLINTONIA, Eaf. 



Perianth bell-shaped, 6-leaved, deciduous. Stamens 6, inserted oa the base of 

 the perianth. Filaments filiform ; anthers linear-oblong. Ovary 2 - 3-celled, 

 with two or more ovules in each cell. Style elongated : stigma obtuse. Berry 



2 - many-seeded. Stemless herbs, with creeping rootstocks, large radical sheath- 



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