198 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 



Asparagus officinalis L. Garden Asparagus. 

 Throughout the state. 



494. POLYGONATUM Tourn. Solomon's Seal. 



PolygonaTum commtjTatum ( Schult.) ( P. giganteum Dietr.) 

 Alluvial soil throughout the state. 



PolygonaTum biflorum (Walt.) Ell. Smaller Solomon's Seal. 

 Generally distributed. 



495. STREPTOPUS Mx. Twisted-Stalk. 



Streptopus amplexifolius DC. 



Summit Co., J. S. Newberry (Cat); Painesville, H. C. Beardslee {Cat.) 



496. UNIFOLIUM Adans. { Smilacina ~Desi.) False Solomon's Seal. 



Unifolium racemosum ( L.) Britton. ( Smilacina racemosa Desf.) False Spike- 

 nard. 

 , • Frequent. 



Unifolium stellatum (L.) Greene. ( Smilacina stellata Desf.) 



Throughout the northern half of the state. No specimens at hand from south 

 of Columbus. 



Unifolium trifolium (L.) Greene. {Smilacina tri/olia Desf.) 



Lorain Co., A. A. Wright (Cat.) ; Summit Co., J. S. Newberry (Cat.) 



Unifolium canadense (Desf.) Greene. {Maianthemum canadense Desf.) {Smil- 

 acina bifolia canadensis Gray). 

 Generally distributed. 



497. HEMEROCALLIS L. Day Lily. 



HEMEROCALLIS FULVA L. Common Day Lily. 



Occasionally met with as an escape from cultivation. 



498. ALLIUM L. Onion* Garlic. 



Allium canadense Kalm. Wild Garlic. 

 Common. 



Allium cernuum Roth. Wild Onion. 

 Lake Erie to Ohio River. 



Allium stellatum Fraser. 



Put-in-Bay Island (Lake Erie) H. C. Beardslee (Cat.) 



Allium tricoccum Ait. Wild Leek. 

 Generall}' distributed. 



