XCIV. LILIACEiE. 
449 
Maianthemum.'] 
Leaves 2, ovato-lanceolate, radical. Scape seinieylipdrical. Flowers 
racemed, very pure white, fragrant, segments recurved. Berries red, 
globose. 
4. Polygonatum Tournef. Solomon’s Seal. 
Flowers perfect. Perianth tardily deciduous, cylindrical, 
shortly C-cleft at the summit, the lobes erect. Stam. 6, distinct, 
inserted upon the middle of the tube of the perianth. Anthers 
oblong-linear. Ovary 3-celled, with 2 — 6 ovules in a double 
row in each cell. Style filiform, included. Stigma 1, obtuse. 
Berry 3-celled; cells 1 — 2-seeded. — Peduncles or pedicels axil- 
lary , without membranous bracteas at the base. — Named from 
iroXvt;, many, and yom, youaroc, a knee or angle; on account of 
the angled stems. 
1. P. verticilldtum All. ( narrow-leaved S.) ; leaves linear- 
lanceolate whorled. Convallaria L. : E. B. t. 128. 
Woods and glens, very rare. Smalesmouth near Bellingham, 
Northumberland. Den of Rechip near Dunkeld, Parish of Rattray 
1 in various places), and Blair- Athole, Perthshire. If.. 6 . — Stem 
2 ft. high. Leaves numerous, bright green, 3 — 4 in a whorl. 
Flowers solitary, or with branched footstalks, drooping. 
2. P. multiflorum All. ( common S.) ; leaves ovate-elliptical 
alternate half-embracing the rounded stem, peduncles one- or 
many-flowered, filaments hairy. Convallaria L. : E. B. t. 279. 
Woods and coppices, in various parts of England and the south of 
! Scotland ; also at Kingcausie, 7 miles from Aberdeen. 2/.. 5, 6. — 
Stems 2 ft. high, bare of leaves below. Leaves large, marked with 
! longitudinal nerves, secund ; the flowers drooping in an opposite 
j direction, white, greenish at the tips. 
3. P. officinale All. ( angular Si) ; leaves ovate-elliptical al- 
ternate half-embracing the angular stem, peduncles mostly 
single-flowered, filaments glabrous. Convallaria Polygonatum 
L. : E. B. t. 280. 
Woods in England, rare. Northumberland; Yorkshire; Somerset, 
y . 5, 6. — Smaller than the last. Flowers greener, fragrant. 
5. Maianthemum Mcench. May-Lily. 
Flowers perfect. Perianth deciduous, 4-partite, spreading. 
Stain. 4, distinct, diverging, inserted into the base of the seg- 
ments of the perianth. Anthers ovate. Ovary 2-celled with 
2 collateral ovulesin each cell. Style short, thick. Stigma 
bifid, the segments recurved. Berry with usually 1 seed. — 
Raceme terminal, many -flowered, erect; bractea obsolete at the 
base of the pedicels. — Name: Matof, the month of May in 
inedimval Greek, and avOtyov, a flower. 
