PLANTS OF ONEIDA COUNTY AND VICINITY. 141 



TRILLIUM, L. Trillia. 



sessile, L. Sessile-Jlowered Trillium. 



Rich woodlands. Near Irondequoit bay, Monroe county, L. Holzer. 



Rare. May. 



cernuum, L. Nodding Trillium. 



Shady banks. Schenectady county, Pearson : Paige. Otsego county, H. 

 Lathrop. Scarce. May. 



* erectum, L. Purple, Erect Trillium. 



Ravines and moist banks. Common. 



» var. album, Pursh. White Trillium. 



Valley of the Mohawk throughout: Frankfort: Utica. Valley of the Saquoit: 

 New-Hartford. Valley of the Oriskany: Clinton: Lairdsville. Abundant. 



var. flavum, Eaton. Yellow Trillium. 



Southern part of Lewis county, J. G. Crocker. Occasionally, with the nor- 

 mal form, in the vicinity of Utica. Banks of the Mohawk at Rome, Vasey. 

 Hamilton, Madison county, and Norwich, Chenango county, J. S. Douglass, 

 Torrey Fl. N.Y. Scarce. May. 



^grandiflorum, Salisbury. Great-flowered Trillium. 



Woods, cedar swamps, banks of streams. Abundant throughout the Mohawk 

 valley. Frequent in the Sauquoit and Oriskany vallies. May. 



> ertthrocarpum, Michaux. Red-fruited Trillium, 



Evergreen woods, open banks. Schenectady county, Pearson. Otsego county, 

 Miss S. Cooper. Trenton falls. Banks of the Deerfield creek. Brows of the 

 Starch-factory ravine. Frankfort hill. Paris hill. Sides of Oriskany creek, 

 Pleasant valley. Common throughout the sandy woods of Rome. Valley of 

 the Unadilla, Gray. Abundant. May. 



MEDEOLA, Gronovius. Cucumber-root. 



♦ VIRGINICA, L. Virginian Medeola. 



Moist woods. Common. June. 



LILIACEiE. Lilies. 



ASPARAGUS, L. 



* OFFICINALE, L. Officinal Asparagus. 



Pastures, ravines. Escapes frequently. June. 



POLYGONATUM, Tournefort. Solomon's- seals. Polygonata. 



' BIFLORUM, Elliott. Twin-flowered Polygonatum. 



Ravine-sides, moist woods. Abundant. May. 



i gigantettm, Dietrich. Giant Polygonatum. 



Banks of the Mohawk river, where it is common; but out of the valley it is 

 rare. Along Wood creek sparingly. June, July. 



SMILACINA, Desfontaines. Smilacinas. 



* racemosa, Desf. Racemed Smilacina. 



Woods, thickets, hillsides. Common. May, June. 



* stellata, Desf. Starry Smilacina. 



Abundant on the banks of the Mohawk. Wood creek. Fish creek, Knieskern. 

 In all arbor-vitse swamps on the hills, from Summit lake westward to Hidden 

 lake. Frequent. June. 



