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CONVALLARIACEAE. 



Vol. I. 



California. 



2. Vagnera stellata (L.) Morong. Star- 

 flowered Solomon's Seal. Fig. 1284. 



Convallaria stellata L. Sp. PI. 316. 1753. 

 Smilacina stellata Desf. Ann. Mus. Paris 9 : 52. 



1807. 

 Vagnera stellata Morong, Mem. Torn Club 5 : 114. 



1894. 



Rootstock stout, fleshy. Stem rather stout, 

 erect, glabrous, 8-20' tall, straight or some- 

 what zigzag, leafy. Leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 or lanceolate, sessile and somewhat clasping, 

 minutely pubescent beneath, 2'-$' long, i'-ij' 

 wide, acute, acuminate, or blunt at the apex, 

 flat or somewhat concave ; raceme sessile or 

 short-peduncled, 1-2' long, several-flowered; 

 pedicels i"-4" long, usually shorter than the 

 flowers; perianth-segments oblong, obtuse, 

 longer than the stamens; style about as long 

 as the ovary; berry green with 6 black stripes 

 or black, 3"-s" in diameter. 



In moist soil, Newfoundland to British Co- 

 lumbia, south to Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas and 

 Also in northern Europe. False Solomon's-seal. May-June. 



3. Vagnera trifolia (L.) Morong. 



Three-leaved Solomon's Seal. 



Fig. 1285. 



Convallaria trifolia L. Sp. PI. 316. 1753. 

 Smilacina trifolia Desf. Ann. Mus. Paris 9 : 52. 



1807. 

 Vagnera trifolia Morong, Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 



114. 1894. 



Glabrous, rootstock slender. Stem slen- 

 der, erect, 2'-i$' high, 2*-4-leaved (usually 

 3-leaved) ; leaves oval, oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, sessile, sheathing, 2'-$' long, i'~ 

 2' wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, 

 narrowed at the base; raceme few-flowered, 

 peduncled, i'-a' long; perianth-segments 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, finally 

 somewhat reflexed, longer than the stamens; 

 style about as long as the ovary; berry dark 

 red, 2i"-3" in diameter. 



In bogs and wet woods, Newfoundland to 

 British Columbia, south to Connecticut, New 

 Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Also in 

 northern Asia. May-June. 



4. UNIFOLIUM Haller; Zinn, Cat. Plant. Hort. Goett. 104. 1757. 



[Maianthemum Wigg. Prim. Fl. Hols. 14. 1780.] 



Low herbs, with slender rootstocks, erect simple few-leaved stems, petioled or sessile 

 leaves and small white flowers in a terminal raceme, the pedicels commonly 2-3 together. 

 Perianth of 4 separate spreading segments. Stamens 4, inserted at the bases of the seg- 

 ments ; filaments filiform ; anthers introrse. Ovary sessile, globose, 2-celled ; ovules 2 in 

 each cavity; style about as long as the ovary, 2-lobed or 2-cleft. Berry globular, 1-2-seeded. 

 [Many plants bear only a solitary long-petloled leaf, arising from the rootstock, whence the 

 Latin name.] 



Two known species, the following of eastern North America, the other of Europe, Asia and 

 northwest America. Type species : Convalaria bifolia L. 



