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2. CoNVALLAiaA. Perianth bellshaped. Q-parted, deciduous. 
Ovary 3-celled : cells 2-ovuled. Stigma blunt, trigonous. 
Berry with 1-seeded cells. Fl. jointed to pedicel. 
3. PoLYciONATUM. Feriautli tubular, 6-toothed, tardily de- 
ciduous. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled. Stigma blunt, 
trigonous. Berry with 1— 2-seeded cells. Fl. not jointed 
to pedicel. 
4. Maianthemum. PeriantJi 4-parted ; segments horizon- 
tally patent or reflexed, deciduous. Stam. 4. Style 1, 
bifid. Stigma blunt. Berry 2-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 
■' 5. Euscus. Dioecious. Perianth 6-parted to the base, per- 
sistent. Filaments forming an ovoid tube, on the top of 
which the 3 anth. are placed. — Fern, the same, but the 
anthers barren. Style 1. Stigmas capitate. Berry 1 -celled, 
rarely .2-seeded. — Fl. on disk of persistent leaflike shoots. 
1. Aspar agus Linn. 
1. A. ojficihrilis (L.) ; st, herbaceous mostly erect without 
spines branched, 1. clustered terete flexible setaceous. — E. B. 
339. — Creeping. Stems many. — a. marit'imus(L.); st. prostrate 
at the base, branches short about 1 ft. long. A. niaritimvs 
(Mill.); A. jn-ostratus (Dum.) : Bull. S. Box. Belg. i. t. 2.— 
cdt'ilis L. ; st. erect about 3 feet high, branches long. — Sea- 
coast, rare. Kynance Cove, Cornwall. South coast of Angle- 
sea. Glamorgan. Giltar Point, Pemb. Tramore, Waterf. (i. 
Escape from cultivation. P. VIII. ' E. I. 
2. Convalla'kia Linn. em. Desf. Lily of the Valley. 
1. C. ifiajalis (L.)—E. B. 1035. St. 14. 10.— About a foot 
high. L. 2, ovate-lanceolate, radical. Scape semicylindrical. 
Fl. racemose, nodding, pure white, globose-bellshaped, fragrant. 
—Woods and thickets. P. V. E. 8. 
3. PoLYGONA TUM Moench. Solomon's Seal. 
1. 1'. verticilldtunh {hiomch); I. linear-lanceolate irhorled, st. 
erect angular. — E. B. 128. Ji. x. 435. — St. 2 feet high. L. 3 — 5 
in a whorl. Berries red. — Woods. Perthshire. Smalesmouth, 
Northumberland. P. VI. E. S. 
2. P. cMi'ce^js (Moench) ; 1. ovate-oblong half -clasping glabrous 
alternate, st. angular, peduncles 1 — 2-flowered; cor. not narrowed 
