■714 Oedeb 148.— LIIilACBja 



then the pediosla. — Gardens, rare. Fls. lilac, yariegatod with white and porpb 

 linos, f Japan. 



16. POLYGONA^TUM, Toani. True Solomon's Seal. (Gr. noXv^^ 

 man}', yovv, knee; from the man3'--jointed rhizome.) Perianth tubular, 

 iimb short, 6-lobed, erect ; stamens 6, inserted near and above the 

 middle of the tube, included; ovary free, 3-celled, cells 2 to 6-ovuled ; 

 style slender, included; berry globular, 3 to 6-seeded. — 21 Rhizome 

 horizontal, thick. St. erect or curving, leafy above. Fls. axillary, pen- 

 dent, greenish vfhite. 



P. multiildrum Desf. St. recurved, smooth ; Ivs. distichous, lanceolate, amplesi- 

 caul, smooth above ; peduncles axillary, 1 to 4-flo wered. — y In woods, free States 

 and Can. Stem 1 to 3f high, most recurved in the tallest plants. Leaves more 

 or less fflasping at base, or only sessile in the smallest plants, 2^ to 6' by 1 to 2 J', 

 veined, smooth and glossy above, paler and generally pubescent beneath. Pedun- 

 cles filiform, branching, scarcely a fifth as long as the leaves. Flowers 5 — 8" 

 long, pendulous, greenish, sub-cylindric. Berries dark blue or blackish when 

 ripe. Apr. — Jn. 



o. L-ss. very amplexicaul, smooth both sides, distinctly veined ; peduncles 



elongated, the lower 4-flo wered; fil. puberulent. — In rich damp soils. ' This 



var. is common to Europe I and America I (P. angustifolium Ph. P. biflo- 



rum Ell.) 



fl. PUBiSscENS. Lvs. pubescent beneath, glaucous, slightly clasping ; st. 1 to 2f 



high ; fls. as short .as tho peduncles. — -Common in N. England. 

 r. GKJANTEUM. Tall, green and glabrous throughout; lvs. partly clasping; 

 ped. 2 to G-flowered. — In rich alluvion. St. 3 to "Tf high. (P. canioulatum 

 Ph.) 

 (J. LATiFiLiuM. Pubescent above ; lvs. ovate-oblong, upper surface glabrous, 

 base sessile or somewhat petioled. — Middle States. St. 2 to 4f high. (P. 

 latifohum Muhl. P. hirtum. Ph.) 



i7. COWVALLA^RIA, L. Lily of the Valley. (Lat. eonvallis, a 

 I'alley ; the locality of some species.) Perianth campanulate, of 6 united 

 set;'montg, lobes of the limb recurved; stamens C, included, perigynous; 

 ovary 3-celled, 1-styled, cells 4 to 6-ovuled; berry few-see'ded. — 2[ 

 Pihizomc creeping, slender. Lvs. radical, and scape very smooth, low, 

 bearing a secund raceme of white, drooping fls. 



C majlilis L. An elegant, sweet-scented plant, native of mountain woods, Va. 

 to Ga., also of Europe, and is, or deserves to be, a fi'equent inhabitant of our gar- 

 dens. Lvs. 2, seldom 3, ovate-ellipticaL Scape 6' high, with the small, elegant 

 (lowers depending from its upper half in a single rank. May. 



18. CLINTO'NIA, Raf. (In honor of Gov. Dc Witt Clinton, of N. Y.) 

 Ji'erianth campanulate, of 6 equal, distinct segments ; stamens 6, hypo- 

 ijynous, anthers linear-oblong ; ovary oblong, 2 (rarely 3)-cellcd ; style 

 elongated; berry (blue) 2-celled, cells 2 to 10-seeded. — li Rhizome 

 creeping. Lvs. all radical, few (2 to 5), broad. Scape naked, bearing 

 an umbel. 



1 C bore^lis Eaf. Noetiieen Clintonia. Lvs. broad-oval-lanceolate ; fls. 2 to 

 .'') in the 1/raciless umiel, cernuous ; terry-celh many-seeded. — Mountainous or hilly 

 ivood. Can., N. Eng. to Car., W. to the Miss. Ehizome creeping to some extent. 

 Lvs. 4 to T long, ^ as wide, petiolate, radical or nearly so, smooth and glossy, 

 fringed with scattered hairs. Scape erect, round, 8 to 13' high, bearing at top a 

 beautiful umbel of 3 to 6, yellowiah-gi-een, nodding fls. Perianth liliaceous, of 6 

 oblanceolate, erect-spreading §egm. Berries of a rich amethystine blue. (Con- 

 vallaria Poir.) 



2 C. mviltifldra Beck. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, pubescent beneath ; umbel many 

 (12 to oOyflmvercd, hracied; fls. erect or spreading; berry cells 2-S6e<ied. — Woods, 



