254 MONOCOTYLODENOUS. 



4 S Waltert. Stem angled, spiny. Leaves cordate, ovate, smooth. 3- 

 nerved. i^n«7 red, 3-seeded. 



White. ^2 July. Low country of Car. 



5 S Sarsaparilla. 5'<em slightly angled, prickly } prickles subulate, incur- 

 ved. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, unarmed, cuspidate, 5-nerved, glaucous be- 

 neath. Flowers on l(;ng peduncles, small. Fruit black, 3-seeded. 



White, h June — July. Rich soils. 



6S OvATA. 5'Cem nearly terete, unarmed, branching covering small shrubs. 

 Leaves ovate, cuspidate, 3-nerved, unarmed, mucronate, on short petioles. 

 Flowers in small umbels, fragrant. Frmt black. 

 Greenish. % June — July. Sea Islands. 



7 S Lanceolata. Stem climbing, terete, the upper branches unarmed. 

 Leaves lanceolate, and ovate, membranaceous, 3-5-nerved, perennial. Flotv- 

 ers numerous in axillary umbels, on short peduncles. Fruit red. 



White. ^ May — June. Damp rich soils. 



8 S Laurifolia. Stem prickly, climbing, branches unarmed. Leaves 

 oval-lanceolate, crowded, acuminate, lucid, perennial. Flowers in axillary 

 umbels on short peduncles. Fruit black, 1-seeded. 



White. r2 July. Swamps. 



9 S PuMiLA. Stem unarmed, prostrate, pubescent, sparingly branched. 

 Leaves cordate-ovate, somewhat 5-nervedj pubescent beneath. Flowers in 

 axillary umbels, on short peduncles. Fruit white, 1 seeded. 



Greenish yellow. T^ Sept. — Oct. In rich shadt^d soils. 



10 S PsEuco China. Stem climbing, unarmed, lower leaves cordate, 5 

 nerved, \hose of the branches ovate. Flowers in axillary umbels, on long 

 peduncles. Fruit black'. 



White. T^ June — July. Very common. 



11 S RoTUNDiFOLiA. <S<em prickly, flcxuous. Z-eatJes cordate, ovate, near- 

 ly round, 5-7-nerved, pale beneath. Flowers in umbels, on very long peduncles. 



White. T^ June. Rich soils. 



12 S Caduca. Stem flexuous, prickly, somewhat angled. Leaves ovater 

 mucronate, 5-nervod. Flowers in axillary umbels, on short peduncles. 



White. T^ June — July. Dry fields. Very common. 



13 S Tamnoides. Stem twining, prickly, terete. Leaves ovate-oblong, 5- 

 nerved, panduri-form, acute, shining, somewhat rigid. Flowers in axillary 

 umbels. Fruit black. 



White. \i June — July. Dry soils. 



(&) Stem herbaceous. 



14 S Peduncularis. Stem terete, unarmed, bearing stipular tendrils. 

 Leaves cordate, ovate, slightly acuminate, 3-nerved. Flowers in umbels, on 

 long peduncles. Fruit blue. The whole plant foetid. 



Greenish. T2 3Jay — July. Rich soils. 



15 S Herbacea. Stem slightly angled, glabrous, sparingly branched. 

 Young leaves oval, or ovate when old, slightly cordate, the upper ones verti- 

 cillate and crowded, 5-7 nerved, pubescent beneath. Flowers in long com- 

 pressed peduncles, arising from the base of the stem. Fruit blacK^ 2-3- 

 seeded. 



Yellowish white, h May — July. Fertile soils, common. 



Genus II CONVALARIA. 



Perianth campanulate 6.cleft inferior. Stamens 6, inserted 

 into the base of the perianth. Style 1. Fruit globose, 3- 

 celled, cells 1-2 -seeded. 



1 C Masalis. Leaves ovate; scape naked, smooth. Flowers in spikes, 

 campanulate, nodding. 



White. 11- May. Mountains. 1-2 ft. 



