188 125. Polygonatum. 17. SMILACE^. PL end. ph. 



1. Polygonum verticillatum. Whorled Solomon's seal. 

 Stem upright, angular; leaves lanceolate, verticillate. 



Polygonatum minus, Ger. em. 903. 

 Convallaria verticillata, Lin. S. P. 45] . 

 Small Solomon's seal. 



Shady mountains ; perennial; June. 

 Stem 2 feet high, naked at bottom ; leaves 3 to 7 in a 

 whorl, glaucous ; peduncles branchy ; berries red. 



2. Polyg. multiflorum. Many-Jloivered Solomon's seaL 

 Stem drooping, round ; leaves ovate, elliptical, alternate ; 



peduncles axillary, 1 or many-flowered ; Jilaments hairy ; 

 style flexuous. 



Polygonatum, Rail Syn, 263, 1 ; Ger, em, 903. 

 Polygonatum vulgare, Park. 696, 

 Convallaria multiiiora, Lin. S. P. 452. 

 Polygonatum multiflorum, Desfont. Ann. de Mus. 9. 

 Common Solomon's seal. 



Woods; perennial; May, June. 



Stem 2 feet high, drooping at top ; leaves facing one 

 way. — Roots may he made into bread ; young shoots 

 «aten as asparagus. 



^. humile. 



Polygonatum humile Anglicum, Rail Syn. 263, 4. 



y. lat'jfolium. Leaves broad, obovate. 



Polygonatum hellebori albi folio, caule purpurascente, Rail Syn, 2Q^, 3. 

 Convallaria latifolia, Hoffm. Germ. 3, 162. 



S. Polygonatum vulgare. Common Solomons seal. 



Stem 2-edged, angular, drooping; leaves ovate, elliptical, 

 alternate; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered ; j^/awew/? smooth; 

 style straight. 



Polygonatum floribus ex singularibus pediculis, Rati Syn. 26^. 



Polygonatum latifolium secundum Clusii, Ger. em. 904,3. 



Polygonatum majus, flore majore, Park. 696. 



Convallaria Polygonatum, Lin. S. P. 451. 



Polygonatum vulgare, Desfont. Ann. de Mus. 9. 



Convallaria rupestris, Salisb, Prod. 254. 



Odoriferous Solomon's seal. 



Woods; perennial; May, June. 



Stem 18 in. high, drooping; flowers fragrant; leaves 

 facing one way. — Roots may be made into bread. 



^. h'ljlorum. Peduncles 2-flowered. 



