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SMILACINA CANADENSIS.
TWO-LEAVED SMILACINA.
Hexandria Mmogynia, Linn. Asparagi, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla inferior, 6-parted, spreading. Filaments divergent, attached to the base of
the lacinise. Berry globose, 3-celled.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Stem two-leaved; leaves cordate, oblong, sub-sessile, every where very smooth;
raceme simple and terminal; flowers tetrandrous. Pursh.
SYNONYMS.
Sm ila c in a Canadensis, Pursh.
M a ianthemum Canadense, Desfontaines Ann. du Mus. vol. 9. p. 49.
C on v a ll a r ia bifolia, Mich, not Linn.
P lant about a span Mgh. Root fibrous, yellowish-white, perennial.
Stem flexuous from the root to the first leaf, becoming zig-zag from
that to the spike of flowers. Leaves two in number, alternate, cor-
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