April, 1913.] 
Liliales of Ohio. 
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sessile or short-petioled; raceme many-flowered; perianth segments 
becoming reflexed; fruit a speckled, pale-red berry. In moist 
woods and thickets. General. 
24. Clintonia Raf. 
Herbs somewhat pubescent with slender root-stocks and erect 
simple scapes and broad, petioled leaves. Inflorescence an umbel 
of bractless flowers; perianth segments equal or nearly so; stamens 
united with the perianth; ovulary bi-or tri-locular; fruit a globose 
or oval berry. 
1. Umbel 3-6 flowered, perianth in. long, greenish-yellow. 
C. borealis. 
1. Umbel many flowered, perianth H in. long or less than J4 in. long, white 
speckled. C. umbellulata. 
1. Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf. Yellow Clintonia. Leaves 
oval, thin, ciliate, short-acuminate; inflorescence 3-6-flowered; 
stamens as long as the perianth; ovulary bilocular; berry oval. In 
moist woods and thickets. Ashtabula County. 
2. Clintonia umbellulata (AIx) Torr. White Clintonia. Herbs 
with scape S-1S in. high. Leaves 2-5, oblong, oblanceolate or 
obovate, acute or cuspidate, ciliate; inflorescence a many-flowered 
umbel; pedicels pubescent; flowers white, sometimes dotted with 
purple; ovulary 2-locular; fruit a few-seeded, globose berry. In 
woods. Harrison, Portage, Wayne. 
25. Convallaria L. Lily-of-the-valley. 
A low perennial with 1 or 2 leaves with sheathing petioles. 
Scape bearing a one sided raceme of white, rarely pinkish, fra¬ 
grant, nodding flowers, perianth of 6 united segments; stamens 
united with the perianth; filaments short, anthers introrse; fruit a 
berry. 
1. Convallaria majalis L. Lily-of-the-valley. Scape 4-10 in. 
high, shorter than the leaves and scaly near the base. Escaped 
from cultivation in Franklin County. 
26. Asparagus L. Asparagus. 
Stem at first simple, fleshy, scaly and at length becoming much 
branched and bearing phylloclades, the whole having a plume-like 
appearance. Flowers small, solitary, umbelled or racemed; per¬ 
ianth segments alike, separate or slightly united at the base; 
anthers introrse; ovulary sessile, trilocular; styles short; berry 
globose. 
1. Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus. Young stems thick 
and edible, but later developing into a plume-like branch. Root¬ 
stocks much branched; leaves reduced to scales and branchlets 
reduced to phylloclades; flowers mostly solitary and drooping at 
the nodes; perianth campanulate; berry red. Escaped from cul¬ 
tivation along road-sides, salt marshes and fields. General. 
