848 



THE LILY FAMILY. 



Fig. 1019. 



diterranean to the Arctic Circle, and 

 very common in some localities, es- 

 pecially towards the centre and north, 

 but totally wanting in other districts. 

 Abundant in some counties of Eng- 

 land, very local or wanting in others, 

 and scarcely indigenous in Scotland or 

 Ireland. FL spring. 



IV. SMILACINA. SMILACINA. 



Rootstock usually creeping, with annual erect stems. Leaves alter- 

 nate. Flowers small, in a terminal simple raceme or narrow panicle. 

 Perianth deeply divided into 4 or 6 nearly equal spreading segments. 

 Stamens 4 or 6, inserted at the base of the perianth-segments. Ovary 

 2- or 3-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Style short, with a 2- or 3- 

 lobed stigma. Fruit a small berry. 



A small genus dispersed over Europe, temperate Asia, and North 

 America. 



1. Two-leaved Smilacin a . Smilacina bifolia, Desf. 



(Fig. 1020.) 



(Maiant7ienium, Brit. Fl. May-Lily.) 



Rootstock slender, creeping. Stems 6 to 9 inches high. Leaves 2, 

 alternate, shortly stalked, ovate, deeply cordate. Flowers small, white, 

 in a terminal raceme about an inch long, not branched, but the short 

 slender pedicels usually clustered. Perianth of 4 divisions. Stamens 

 4. Ovary 2-celled. Berries small, red. 



