ASPAEAOUS. — POLyeONATCM. 351 



2. CoNVALLABlA. Perianth bellshaped, 6-parted, deciduous. 

 Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled. Stigma hlunt, trigonous. 

 Berry with 1-seeded cells. Fl. jointed to pedicel. 



3. PoLYGONATUM. Perianth tubular, 6-tootlied, tardily de- 

 ciditom. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled. Stigma blunt, 

 trigonous. Berry with 1 — 2-seeded cells. Fl. not jointed 

 to pedicel. 



4. Maianthbmbm. Perianth ^-parted; segments horizon- 

 tally patent or reflexed, deciduous. Stam. 4. Style 1. 

 bifid. Stigma blunt. Berry 2-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 



6. Euscus. Dioecious. Perianth 6-parted to the base, per- 

 sistent. Filaments forming an ovoid tube, on the top of 

 which the 3 anth. are placed. — ^Fem. the same, but the 

 anthers barren. Style 1. Stigmas capitate. Berry l-ceUed, 

 rarely 2-seeded. — Fl. on disk of persistent leaflike shoots. 



1. Aspab'agtts Linn, 



1. A. offidndUs (L.) ; st. herbaceous mostly erect without 

 spines branched, 1. clustered terete flexible setaceous. — E. B. 

 339. — Creeping. Stems many. — a. A. prodratus (Dum.) ; st. 

 prostrate at the base, branches short about 1 ft. long. Bull. S. 

 Bot. Belg. i. t. 2. — *^. campestris ; st, erect about 3 feet high, 

 branches long. — Sea-coast, rare. Kynance Gove, Cornwall. 

 South coast of Angleaea. Giltar Point, Pemb. Tramore,Waterf. 

 — ^. Escape from cultivation. P. VIII. E. I. 



2. Coitvaila'kia Linn. Lily of the Valley. 



1. 0. majdlis (L.).—E. B. 1035. St. 14. 10.— About a foot 

 high. L. 2, ovate-lanceolate, radical. Scape semicylindrical. 

 Fl. racemose, nodding, pure white, globose-bellshaped, fragrant. 

 —Woods and thickets. P. V. E. S. 



3. PoireoNA'TtTM Toum. Solomon's Seal. 



1. P. verticilldtum (All.) ; I. linear-lanceolate whorled, st. erect 

 ajigulai-.- -E. B. 128. P. x. 435.— St. 2 feet high. L. S— 5 in 

 a whorl. Berries red. — Woods. Perthshire. Smalesmouth, 

 Northumberland. P. VI. E. S. 



2. P. officinale (All) ; 1. ovate-oblong half-clasping glabrous 

 alternate, st. angular, peduncles 1 — 2-flowered, cor. not narrowed 

 in the middle,__/?Za?nereis glabrous. — Convallaria Polygonatum (L.), 

 E. B. 280. M. X. 434.— Height 1— IJ foot. Berry bluish.— 

 Woods, rare. P. V. E. 



