714 Ordeb 148.— LILIACB^. 



than the pedieela. — G-ardens, rare. Fla. lilac, variegated with wMte and purple 

 lines, f Japan. 



16. POLYGONA'TUM, Toum. True Solomon's Seal. (Gr. mXvg, 

 many, yovv, knee; from the many-jointed rhizome.) Perianth tubular, 

 limb 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 Ehizome 

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

 dent, greenish vrhite. 



P. mtiltiflorum Desf. St. recurved, smooth; Ivs. distichous, lanceolate, amplexi- 

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

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

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

 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-cylindrio. Berries dark blue or blackish when 

 ripe. Apr. — Jn. 

 a. Lvs. very amplexicaul, smooth both sides, distinctly veined; peduncles 

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

 var. is common to Europe I and America 1 (P. angustifolium Ph. P. biflo- 

 rum EU.) 

 /?. PUBlSsOENS. Lvs. pubescent beneath, glaucous, slightly clasping ; st. 1 to 2f 



high ; fls. as sliort as the peduncles. — Common in N. England. 

 y. GiaANTEtTM. Tall, green and glabrous throughout; lvs. partly clasping; 

 ped. 2 to 6-flowered. — In rich alluvion. St. 3 to 7f high. (P. caniculatum 

 Ph.) 

 <i. latip6iiuii. Pubescent above; lvs. ovate-oblong, upper surface glabrous, 

 base sessile or somewhat petioled.-^Middle States. St. 2 to 4f l^h. (P. 

 latifolium Muhl. P. hhtum. Ph.) 



17. CONVALLA^RIA, L. Lily of the Valley. (Lat. convalUs, a 

 valley ; the locality of some species.) Perianth campanulate, of 6 united 

 segments, lobes of the limb recurved ; stamens 6, included, perigynous; 

 ovary 3-celled, 1-styled, cells 4 to 6-ovuled; berry few-seeded.-7 2f 

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

 bearing a secund raceme of white, drooping fls. 



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

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

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

 flowers depending from its upper half in a single rank. May. 



18. CLINTO'NIA, Kaf. (In honor of Gov: BeWitt Clinton, of N. Y.) 

 Perianth campanulate, of 6 equal, distinct segments ; stamens 6, hypo- 

 gynous, anthers linear-oblong; ovary oblong, 2 (rarely 3)-celled; style 

 elongated; berry (blue) 2-celled, cells 2 to 10-seeded. — 11 Rhizome 

 creeping. Lvs. all radical, few (2 to 6), broad. Scape naked, bearing 

 an umbel. 



1 C. borealis Eaf. Noethebn Clintonia. Lvs. broad-oval-lanceolate ; ;fe. 2 to 

 6 m the braciless umbel, cernuous ; terry-ceUs many-seeded. — Mountainous or hilly 

 wood. Can., N. Eng. to Car, W. to the Miss. Rhizome creeping to some extent. 

 Lvs. 4 to T long, J 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, yellowish-green, nodding fls. Perianth liliaceous, of 6 

 oblanoeolate, erect-spreading sogm. Berries of a rich amethystine blue. (Con- 

 vallaria Poir) 



2 C. multiflora Beck. Lvs. oblong-lanoeolate, pubescent beneath ; umbel many 

 (12 to SOyflowered, bracted; fla. erect or spreading; berry cells 2-seeded. — Woodg, 



