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1. P. biflorum. Ell. Stem terete or furrowed, smooth, cun-ing above; 

 leaves 2-ranked, sessile or slightly clasping, oblong, 3 - 7-nerved, 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" long. 



2. SMILACIIfA, 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. Ooary 3-celled. 



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

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

 sessile, strongly ribbed ; flowers numerous, in a close raceme or panicle ; ben-y 

 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. CONVALIiARIA, L. Lily of the Valley. 



Perianth bell-shaped, 6-clcft, 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. CLINTOITIA, Raf. 



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

 the perianth. Filaments flliform ; 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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