188 125. Polygonatum. 17. SMILACEJE. Pl.end.ph . 
1. Polygonum verticillatum . JVkorled Solomon’s seal . 
Stem upright, angular ; Zeaws lanceolate, verticillate. 
Polygonatum minus, Ger. em. 903. 
Convallaria verticillata, Lin. S. P. 451. 
Small Solomon's seal. 
Shady mountains ; perennial; June. 
Stem 2 feet high, naked at bottom ; leaves 3 to 7 in a 
whorl, glaucous ; peduncles branchy ; berries red. 
2. Polyg, multiflorum . Many-flowered Solomon’s seal . 
Stem drooping, round ; leaves ovate, elliptical, alternate ; 
peduncles axillary, 1 or many-flowered ; filaments hairy ; 
style flexuous. 
Polygonatum, Raii Syn. 263, 1 ; Ger . em. 903. 
Polygonatum vulgare, Park. 696. 
Convallaria multitlora, Lin. S. P. 452. 
Polygonatum multiflorum, Desfont. Ann. de Mus. 9. 
Common Solomon's seal. 
Woods; perennial; May, June. 
Stem 2 feet high, drooping at top ; leaves facing one 
way. — Roots may be made into bread ; young shoots 
eaten as asparagus. 
0. kumile . 
Polygonatum humile Anglicum, Raii Syn. 263,4. 
y. latifolium . Leaves broad, obovate. 
Polygonatum hellebori albi folio, caule purpurascente, Raii Syn. 263,3 
Convallaria latifolia, Hojfm. Germ. 3, 162. 
3. Polygonatum vulgare. Common Solomon’s seal. 
Stem 2-edged, angular, drooping; leaves ovate, elliptical, 
alternate; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered filaments smooth ; 
style straight. 
Polygonatum floribus ex singularibus pediculis, Raii Syn. 2 63. 
Polygonatum latifolium secundum Clusii, Ger. em. 904,3, 
Polygonatum majus, flore majore, Park. 696. 
Convallaria Polygonatum, Lin. S. P. 451. 
Polygonatum vulgare, Desfont. Ann. de Mus. 9. 
Convallaria rupestris, Salisb . Prod. 254. 
Odoriferous Solomon's seal. 
Woods; perennial; May, June. 
Stem 18 in. high, drooping; flowers fragrant; leaves 
facing one way. — Roots may be made into bread. 
#. biflorum . Peduncles 2-flowered. 
