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2. Salomonia biflora (Walt.) Britt. Hairy Solomon’s-seal. 
A slender herb 8 in.-3 ft. high with glabrous stem. Leaves acute 
or acuminate at the apex, often obtuse at the base, pubescent 
(especially on the veins) beneath, glabrous above; peduncles 
commonly 2-flowered, sometimes 1-4 flowered; flowers l /i - l /2 
inch long. In woods and thickets. General. 
22. Vagnera Adans. False Solomon’s Seal. 
Herbs with stems scaly below and leafy above. Leaves 
alternate, short petioled or sessile; inflorescence a terminal raceme 
or panicle; flowers small, white or greenish; stamens united with 
the base of the segments; anthers introrse; fruit a globular berry; 
seeds 1 or 2. 
1. Flowers numerous and panicled. V. racemosa. 
1. Flowers few and racemose. 2. 
2. Leaves numerous. V. stellatu. 
2. Leaves 2-4. V. trifolia. 
1. Vagnera racemosa (L.) Mor. Panicled False Solomon’s- 
seal. Herbs with fleshy root-stocks and angled, leafy stems 1-3 
ft. high. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, or oval, sessile or short- 
petioled, 24 i -6 in. long, acuminate, finely pubescent beneath, 
margins ciliate; panicle dense, peduncled; perianth segments 
oblong; fruit an aromatic red berry speckeled with purple. In 
moist woods and thickets. General. 
2. Vagnera stellata (L.) Mor. Stellate False Solomon’s- 
seal. A leafy herb 8-20 in. high with a stout fleshy rootstock. 
Stems glabrous; leaves oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, sessile or 
clasping, minutely pubescent beneath; inflorescence a raceme fi- 
2 in. long, several-flowered; berry reddish or green striped with 
black. In moist soil. General. 
3. Vagnera trifolia (L.) Mor. Three-leaf False Solomon’s- 
seal. A glabrous herb with slender root-stocks usually with 3, 
sometimes 2-4 leaves. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sessile, 
acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base; inflorescence 
a few flowered panicled raceme, perianth segments obtuse or 
somewhat reflexed; berry dark red. In bogs and wet places. 
Fulton, Lorain. 
23. Unifolium Adans. False Lily-of-the-valley. 
Low herbs with slender rootstocks; simple, few-leaved stems 
and small white flowers in a small, terminal raceme. Perianth of 
separate, spreading segments; stamens 4, united with the base of 
the segments; ovulary sessile, 2-locular, berry 1-2 seeded. 
1. Unifolium canadense (Desf.) Greene. False Lily-of-the- 
valley. Herbs 2-7 in. high with slender stems, bearing 1-3, 
usually 2, leaves. Leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or cordate, 
