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THE FLORA. 



g Stem leafy, bearing a cluster. Flowers 6-parted. Solomon^s Seal. Smilaci'na. 5 

 g Scape leafless, bearing an umbel. Berry 2-Reeded. CUntonia, Clinto'nia. 6 



g Stem leafy, bearing a cluster. Flowers 4-parted. Tway-leaf. Majan'themum. 

 h Stems branching. Flowers small, axillary. Berry red. Aspak'agos. 



k Filaments flat, as long as the aaffittate anthers. Tioist-foot. STnEPTo'pus. 



k Filaments filiform, much longer than the anthers. Promrtea. Peosab'tes. 



k Filaments shorter than the long, linear anthers. Bellwort. Uvula'kia. 7 



1. ERYTHEO'NIUM. Dog-tooth Violet 



Perianth bell-form, se- 

 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-shap- 

 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. 6oT. The Dog-tooth Vio- 

 let (^. Americanum). 8. The 

 bulb. 9. The flower spread open, 

 showing the 2 teeth In ea&b petal, 

 also the position of all the parts. 

 660. The ovaryi 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 8 petals next; c, the 6 sta- 

 mens ; and d, the S-celled ovary, 



E. Ameijoa'nnip. Tellow M. Flower yellow. Scape without a bract. Petals 



toothed. Leaves spotted, nearly equal. Common. 

 E. braciea'tum. Bracted K Flower greenish-yellow. Scape bearing a bract. 



Leaves very unequal. Mountains. Vt. 

 E.albi'dmn. WhiU B. Flower white. Scape without a bract. Petals not toothed. 



Eare in N. Y. and 'W. 



