328 85. ASPARAGACEiE. 



trigonous. Berry with 1-seeded cells. Fl. not jointed to 

 pedicel. 



4. Majanthemum. Perianth 4-parted ; segments horizon- 

 tally patent or reflexed, deciduous. Stain.4. Style I. Stigma 

 hlunt. Berry 2-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 



5. Ruscus. Perianth 6-parted to the base, persistent. Male 

 with the filaments connected into a tube on the top of which 

 the 3 anth. are placed. Fem. the same, but the anthers 

 barren. Style 1. Stigmas capitate. Berry 3-celled ; cells 

 2-seeded. 



1. Asparagus Linn. 



1. A. officinalis (L.) ; st. herbaceous mostly erect without 

 spines branched, 1. fasciculated terete flexible setaceous. — E. B. 

 339. — Root creeping. Stems many, scaly, erect, or rarely 

 procumbent, scarcely more than a foot high (in cultivation 

 3 feet). — Sea-coast, rare. Kynance Cove, Cornwall. South 

 coast of Anglesea. Giltar Point, Pemb. Gosford Links, Scotl. 

 P. VIII. E. S. 



2. CoNVALLARiA Linn. Lily of the Valley. 



1. C. majalis {L.).—E. B. 1035. St. 14. 10.— About a foot 

 high. L. 2, ovate-lanceolate, radical. Scape semicylindrical. 

 Fl. racemose, nodding, pure white, globose-bellshaped, fragrant. 

 —Woods and thickets. P. V. E. S. 



3. PoLYGONATUM Toum. Solomon's Seal. 



1. P. veriicilloium (All.) ; I. linear-lanceolate whorled, st. erect 

 angular.— .E. B. 128. R. x. 436.— St. 2 feet high. L. 3—5 in 

 a whorl. Berries red. — Woods. Den of Rechip and Craighall, 

 Perthshire. Smalesmouth, Northumberland. P. VI. E. S. 



2. P. officinale (All.) ; 1. ovate-oblong half clasping glabrous 

 alternate, st. angular, peduncles 1 — 2-&oweied, filaments glabrous. 

 — Convallaria Pohjgonatum (L.), E. B. 280. R. x. 434. — Height 

 1 — H foot. Berry bluish. — Woods, rare. P. V. E. 



3. P. muUijloruni (All.) ; 1. ovate-oblong half clasping glabrous 

 alternate, st. round, peduncles 1- or many-flowered, filaments 

 downy.— E. B. 279. R. x. 433.— Height 2 feet. BeiTy bluish. 

 —Woods. P. V. E. S. 



4. Maianthemum Wiggers. 



*1. M. bifolium (DC); st. with 2 alternate stalked triangular- 

 cordate leaves. — Ger. Herb. p. 409. Convallaria L., St. 13. 6. 



