40 KEY AND FLORA 
Ovary 3-celled, 6-ovuled; style short and stout, with a some- 
what 3-lobed stigma. Fruit a 1-2-seeded berry. 
1. S. racemosa Desf. Fatse Sprxenarp. A showy plant with 
curved stem 1-3 ft. high, downy throughout. Leaves abundant, oval 
or ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed. Flowers small, in a compound 
raceme. Berries pale red, speckled with dark red or purple. Moist 
thickets. 
2. S. stellata Desf. Plant 1 ft. or less in height, nearly smooth. 
Leaves broadly lanceolate, acute, clasping. Flowers few, larger than 
in No. 1, in a simple raceme. Berries very dark red. Along river 
banks. 
XX. MAIANTHEMUM Wiggers. (UNIFOLIUM) 
Stem low. Leaves 2-3, lanceolate or ovate, with a heart- 
shaped base. Flowers small, white, solitary or in a sim- 
ple raceme. Perianth 4-parted. Stamens 4. Ovary 2-celled; 
stigma 2-lobed. 
1. M. canadense Desf. Two-Leavep Sotomon’s SEAL, WiLp 
Lity or THE VALLEY. Plant 3-6 in. high. Leaves very short- 
petioled. Fruit a globular or ovoid berry, whitish, with brownish- 
red blotches. Woods and shaded banks N. 
XXI. STREPTOPUS Michx. 
Herbs with forking stems from a creeping rootstock. Leaves 
clasping. Flowers small, borne singly or in pairs on peduncles 
which arise above the leaf axils and which are sharply bent 
or twisted near the middle. Anthers arrow-shaped. Ovary 
3-celled, ripening into a red, many-seeded berry. 
1. S. amplexifolius DC. Liver Berry. Stem smooth, 2 ft. or 
more high. Leaves smooth-margined. Flowers greenish-white. Damp 
woods. 
2. S. roseus Michx. Liver Berry, Jacos’s Lapper. Branches 
with a few bristly hairs. Lower leaves margined with fine bristles. 
Flowers reddish or purplish. Cold, damp woods N. 
XXII. POLYGONATUM Hill. (SALOMONIA) 
Rootstock creeping, jointed, scarred. Stems simple, erect, 
scaly below, leafy above. Leaves alternate, oval or oblong. 
Flowers on axillary, 1-4-flowered, drooping, jointed peduncles. 
