SMILACINA CANADENSIS. 



TWO-LEAVED SMILACINA. 



Hexandria Monogynia, Linn. Asparagi, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla inferior, 6-parted, spreading. Filaments divergent, attached to the base of 

 the lacinise. Berry globose, 3-celled. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Stem two-leaved ; leaves cordate, oblong, sub-sessile, every where very smooth ; 

 raceme simple and terminal; flowers tetrandrous. Pursh. 



SYNONYMS. 



Smilacina Canadensis, Pursh. 



Maianthemum Canadense, Desfontaines Ann. du Mus. vol. 9. p. 49. 



Convallaria bifolia, Mich, not Linn. 



Plant about a span high. Root fibrous, yellowish-white, perennial. 

 Stem flexuous from the root to the first leaf, becoming zig-zag from 

 that to the spike of flowers. Leaves two in number, alternate, cor- 



vol. ir. 27 



