684 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



UNIFOLIUM Adans. 



U. Canadense (Desf.) Greene. False Lily-of the- Valley. 

 (Mdianthemum Canadense Desf.) 

 Found in the northern counties of the State in damp, shaded 

 places. A favorite situation for the form seems to be in tamarack 

 swamps that have been partially dried through drainage. 

 Flowers in May and June. 



Cass (Hessler) ; Noble (Van Gorder) ; Steuben (Bradner) ; Lake 

 (Blatchley). 



POLYGONATUM Adans. 



P. biflorum (Walt.) Ell. Hairy Solomon's Seal. 



Found in all parts of the State growing in open woods and thick- 

 ets. Usually abundant in the stations in which it occurs. 



Flowers from April through July. 



Daviess (Clements); Putnam (MacDougal); Jefferson (J. M. 

 Coulter) ; Franklin (Meyncke) ; Clark (Baird and Taylor) ; Jay, 

 Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney) ; Noble (Van Gorder) ; 

 Gibson and Posey (Schneck) ; Vigo (Blatchley) ; Hamilton and 

 Marion (Wilson) ; Steuben (Bradner). 



P. commutatum (R. and S.) Dietr. Smooth Solomon's Seal. 

 (P. giganteum Dietr.) 



Very abundant in all parts of the State, growing on shaded 

 banks and damp hillside thickets. Very variable in size and in 

 leaf- form. 



Flowers in May and June, continuing through July in the deeper 

 shades. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham) ; Daviess (Clements) ; Monroe and 

 Vigo (Blatchley) ; Putnam (MacDougal) ; Jefferson (J. M. Coulter) ; 

 Franklin (Meyncke) ; Clark (Baird and Taylor) ; Dearborn (Col- 

 lins) ; Noble (Van Gorder); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Jay, 

 Delaware, Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney) ; Fayette (Hessler) ; 

 Hamilton and Marion (Wilson) ; Steuben (Bradner). 



CONVALLAEIA L. 



C. majalis L. Lily- of- the- Valley. 



Escaped from cultivation in many places and very persistent. 

 As an escape it flowers very sparingly, sometimes not at all. 



