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8. Ornithogalum (Tourn.) L. 



1. O. UMBELLATUM L. StAR-OF-BeTHLEHEM. 



Occasionally escapes from cultivation: Ferris Place, Ithaca; cemetery, University 

 Ave. (D. in C. U. Herb.) ; island in Beebe Lake, 1880 (D.) ; roadside n. of Taughan- 

 nock Gorge; road n. e. of Duck Lake. 

 Native of Eu. 



9. Asparagus (Tourn.) L. 

 1. A. officinalis L. Garden Asparagus. 

 Rich gravelly grassy slopes and hillsides, and by roads ; frequent. 

 Escaped from cultivation: Spencer; roadside n. of L. V. R. R. station, Ithaca; 

 rocks above Beebe Lake", and above Forest Home ; and elsewhere ; " frequent on the 

 lake shore from Lake Ridge to Ludlowville Sta." (D.). 

 Native of Eu. 



10. Clintonia Raf. 

 1. C. borealis (Ait.) Raf. 



Damp mossy or peaty woodlands, in humus, in both acid and alkaline regions (im- 

 mediate soil probably acid) ; frequent. May 25-June. 



Van Etten ; Michigan Creek valley; woods s. of Caroline Depot; low woods e. of 

 Slaterville; Ellis Hollow Swamp (D.\) ; Ringwood; Beaver Brook; McLean Bogs; 

 "abundant near Freeville, McLean and Danby " (£>.!); Townley Swamp; Dryden- 

 Lansing Swamp (D.). 



Lab. to Man. and Minn., southw. to N. C. and Wis., including the northern Coastal 

 Plain. 



11. Smilacina Desf. 

 a. Flowers paniculate, minute ; perianth segments 1-2 mm. long ; rootstocks stout ; 

 leaves large, elliptic-oval, 3.5-7 cm. wide, abruptly acuminate, contracted at 

 base; not glaucous. 1. S. racemosa 



a. Flowers racemose ; rootstocks rather slender. 



b. Leaves many, broad and subclasping at base, lanceolate, acute or obtusish, very 



glaucous; perianth segments 3-4 (5) mm. long. 2. S. stellata 



b. Leaves 2-4, narrowed at base, elliptical, acuminate, not glaucous ; perianth 

 segments 4-5 mm. long. 3. S. trifolia 



1. S. racemosa (L.) Desf. False Solomon's Seal. False Spikenard. 



Rich woodlands, in humus on sandy or gravelly, both acid and alkaline, soils ; 

 common. May 20-June. 



In nearly all the ravines and rich hillside woods of the basin. 



N. S. to B. C, southw. to Ga., Mo., and Ariz., including the Atlantic Coastal Plain. 



2. S. stellata (L.) Desf. 



Low swampy thickets and banks, in rich gravelly, sandy, or alluvial, more or less 

 calcareous, soils ; frequent. May-June 10. 



Along the Inlet; Mud Creek, Freeville; Malloryville; region of McLean Bogs; 

 Myers Point ; edge of Westbury Bog ; Crusoe Prairie ; and elsewhere ; not reported 

 from the towns s. of Ithaca. 



Lab. to B. C, southw. to Va., Ky., Kans., and Calif., including the Atlantic Coastal 

 Plain. Found also in Eu. 



3. S. trifolia (L.) Desf. 



In sphagnum of calcareous bogs and springy places; rare except on the Ontario 

 plain. June. 



Spruce Swamp, Enfield (D.) ; arbor vitae swamp e. of Clyde; Westbury Bog; 

 n. e. end of Duck Lake. 



Lab. to B. C, southw. to n. N. J., Pa., and Mich., including the northern Atlantic 

 Coastal Plain. Found also in n. Asia. 



