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TRILLIUM, L. Trillia. 



sessile, L. Sessile-flowered Trillium. 



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



Rare. May. 



cernuum, L. Nodding Trillium. 



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

 Lathrop. Scarce. May. 



erectum, L. Purple, Erect Trillium. 



Ravines and moist banks. Common. 



var. album, Pursk. White Trillium. 



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

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



var. flavtjm, 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. 



LILIACE^E. Lilies. 



ASPARAGUS, L. 



OFFICINALE, L. Officinal Asparagus. 



Pastures, ravines. Escapes frequently. June. 



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



biflortjm, Elliott. Twin-flowered Polygonatum. 



Ravine-sides, moist woods. Abundant. May. 



GIGANtetjm, 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 westwai'd to Hidden 

 lake. Frequent. June. 



