(A) Common Green Brier (Smilaoc rotundifolia) is 
a woody climbing vine with scattered sharp prickles; 
it climbs by means of pairs of tendrils from the axils 
of the leaves. Leaves alternating along the stem; round- 
ovate, sharply pointed at the tip and somewhat heart- 
shaped at the base. Flowers, few on slender peduncles 
from the angles of the leaves; perianth bell-shaped, with 
six short, spreading lobes, pale greenish in color. Com¬ 
mon in moist thickets from N. S. to Minn, and south¬ 
wards, flowering in May and June. 
(B) Lily-of-the-Valley (Gonvallaria majalis ). As 
a garden flower, this species is probably familiar to 
nearly everyone. While, as a native, it is only found in 
some of the southeastern mountain ranges, it is some¬ 
times found in the North as an escape from cultivation. 
It is a delicately beautiful species, very rich in fragrance 
and very hardy. The bell-shaped, white flowers grow in 
a one-sided raceme at the top of a scape, the base of 
which is sheathed by the two large, broad, oblong- 
pointed, parallel-veined leaves. It flowers in May and 
June in mountains from Va. to S. C. 
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