. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Clintonia umbellulata (Michx.) Torr. White Clintonia. Fig. 1282. Dracaena umbellulata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 1: 202. 1803. Clintonia ciliata Raf. Journ. Phys. 89: 102. 1819. C. umbellata Torr. Fl. N. Y. 2: 301. 1843. Scape more or less pubescent, 8'-i8' high, sometimes bearing a small leaf. Leaves 2-5, oblong, oblanceolate or obo- vate, shorter than the scape o
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 2. Clintonia umbellulata (Michx.) Torr. White Clintonia. Fig. 1282. Dracaena umbellulata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 1: 202. 1803. Clintonia ciliata Raf. Journ. Phys. 89: 102. 1819. C. umbellata Torr. Fl. N. Y. 2: 301. 1843. Scape more or less pubescent, 8'-i8' high, sometimes bearing a small leaf. Leaves 2-5, oblong, oblanceolate or obo- vate, shorter than the scape or equalling it, acute or cuspidate, ciliate on the mar- gins and sometimes also on the midvein beneath, ii'-4' wide; umbel several-many- flowered; pedicels ascending or erect, slender, pubescent, at first short, becoming J'-i4' long in fruit; flowers white, odorous, often purplish dotted, 4"-$" long; perianth- segments obtusish; ovary 2-celled; ovules 2 in each cavity; style slender; berry glo- bose, black, about 3" in diameter, few- seeded. In woods, New York and New Jersey to Georgia and Tennessee. Ascends to 4000 ft. in Virginia. Dog-plum. May-June. 3. VAGNERA Adans. Fam. PI. 2: 496. 1763. [Smilacina Desf.'Ann. Mus. Paris 9: 51. 1807.] Rootstocks slender, or short and thick. Stem simple, scaly below, leafy above, the leaves alternate, short-petioled or sessile ovate, lanceolate or oblong. Inflorescence a ter- minal raceme or panicle. Flowers white or greenish white, small. Perianth of 6 separate spreading equal segments. Stamens 6, inserted at the bases of the perianth-segments; fila- ments filiform or slightly flattened; anthers ovate, introrse. Ovary 3-celled, sessile, sub- globose; ovules 2 in each cavity; style short or slender, columnar; stigma 3-grooved or 3-lobed. Berry globular. Seeds usually 1 or 2, subglobose. [Named in honor of Wagner.] About 25 species, natives of North America, Central America and Asia. Besides the following, one or two others occ
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