LILIACE^ T49 



tubular-campanulate ; leaves broad, usually alternate; 

 fruit a berry. 



P. fnultiflorum, AIL, Solomon's Seal; stem 2-3 ft., 

 peduncles axillary, bearing 2-5 flowers, leaves elliptic, 

 alternate, berry blue-black ; woods, frequent. P. officinale, 

 All. {Convallaria Polygonatum, L.); stem 6-12 in., 

 flowers larger, usually solitary, stem angular; woods, 

 frequent. P. verticillatum, All. {Convallaria verticillata, 

 L.); leaves linear-lanceolate, in whorls of 3-7, flowers 

 axillary, greenish-white, berry violet; mountain woods, 

 local, abundant in Jura. 



3. Maianthemum, Wigg. 



Sepals and petals 2-3 each, distinct; stamens 4-6; 

 flowers small, white, in few-flowered racemes ; rhizome 

 slender ; fruit a berry. 



M. bifolinrn, DC. {M. Convallaria, Roth, Convallaria 

 bifolia, L., Smilacina bifolia, Desf.) ; stem 4-8 in., 

 slender, bearing two thin cordate-ovate stalked leaves; 

 mountain woods, common. 



4. Streptopus, Rich. 



Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves, white ; sepals 

 and petals distinct, reflexed ; stigmas 3 ; fruit a berry. 



6". amplexif alius, DC. ; flower-stalk geniculate, stem 

 12-20 in., leaves cordate-amplexicaul, berry red; moun- 

 tain woods, rare. 



5. Asparagus, L. 



Flowers small, axillary, often unisexual ; stem slender, 

 branched, springing from a creeping rhizome; leaves 



