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entire or 3-cleft. Ovules 2 or several in each cavity. Berry thick, juicy, usually highly 
colored. [Prosartes D. Don. ] 
Sepals and petals yellowish, finely dotted with black. 1. D. maculatum. 
Sepals and petals greenish, not dotted with black. 2. D. lanuginosum. 
1. Disporum maculàtum (Buckl.) Britton. Foliage lanuginous, thinly so in some 
parts. Rootstocks slender: stems 2-6 dm. tall, forking above, scaly below: leaf-blades 
ovate-lanceolate or oblong-ovate, 3-6 cm. long, ciliate, acute or acuminate, sessile: pedi- 
cels 5-10 mm. long: perianth yellowish, 1.5-2 cm. long, nodding: sepals and petals nar- 
rowly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, dotted with black, delicate. 
In woods on the mountains, North Carolina to Georgia and Tennessee. Spring and summer. 
2. Disporum lanugindsum (Michx.) Nichols. Foliage tomentulose. Rootstock 
elongated : stems 3-9 dm. tall, widely forking, glabrous below: leaf-blades oblong, lance- 
olate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 5-12 cm. long, acuminate, ciliolate, prominently 3-5- 
nerved at maturity, sessile: pedicels solitary or 2-3 together, 2-3 cm. long: perianth 
drooping, greenish yellow, 14-20 mm. long, glabrous: sepals and petals linear-lanceolate, 
each with more or less of a claw, acuminate: berries oval, 10-14 mm. long, red. 
In woods, Ontario and New York, to the mountains of Georgia and Alabama. Spring. 
7. UVULARIA L. 
Slightly fleshy herbs, with short rootstocks and fibrous roots. Stems terete, forking, 
often with several scales at the base. Leaves mainly cauline: blades perfoliate, membra- 
nous, smooth-margined. Flowers terminal. Perianth drooping, conspicuous: sepals and 
petals 3 each, distinct, each furnished with a deep nectary at the base and 2 callous ridges 
along its sides. Stamens 6, included: filaments free: anthers elongated, erect. Ovary 
3-celled, 3-angled: styles united to about the middle: stigmas 3. Ovules several in each 
cavity. Capsule obovoid or turbinate, truncate or notched at the apex, 3-lobed. Seeds 
1-3 in each cavity, subglobose, about half covered with a thin pale aril. 
Sepals and petals papillose within. 1. U. perfoliata. 
Sepals and petals smooth within. 2. U. grandiflora. 
1. Uvularia perfoliata L. Foliage glaucescent. Stems 1-8 dm. tall, forking above: 
leaf-blades thinnish, oblong to oval or broadest above the middle, 3-15 em. long, green 
above, acute or abruptly pointed, perfoliate, rounded or subcordate: pedicels 5-25 mm. 
long, terminating the branches: perianth pale yellow, 2-2.5 cm. long: sepals and petals 
linear or slightly broadened upward, more or less densely granular-papillose within : 
anthers with acute connectives: capsules turbinate or obovate-turbinate, 1 em. long, trun- 
cate or lobed at the apex. 
In rich woods and thickets, Quebee and Ontario to Florida and Mississippi. Spring. 
2. Uvularia grandiflora J. E. Smith. Foliage usually puberulent when young. 
Stems 2-8 dm. tall, forking above: leaf-blades oblong to oblong-lanceolate, perfoliate, 
5-15 em. long, more or less pubescent beneath or glabrate in age: pedicels 1-4 cm. long, 
terminating the branches: perianth lemon-yellow, 3-4 cm. long, drooping: sepals and 
petals linear-oblong or linear, acute or acuminate, smooth on both sides or nearly so: an- 
Pan Ys blunt connectives: capsules about 1 cm. long, truncate or rounded at the apex, 
-lobed. 
In rich woods and thickets, Quebec to Minnesota, Georgia and Tennessee. Spring. 
8. OAKESIÉLLA Small. 
Firm-fleshy herbs, with slender elongated rootstocks and angled stems. Leaf-blades 
sessile, leathery, with scabrous margins. Flowers 1 or 2, opposite to the leaves. Perianth 
drooping: sepals and petals 3 each, narrow, without ridges or nectaries within, nearly 
erect. Stamens included: filaments flattened: anthers elongated. Ovary 3-celled : styles 
partially united. Ovules several in each cavity. Capsule elliptic or oval, acutish at each 
end, slightly stalked, tardily dehiscent. Seeds subglobose, each with a swollen spongy 
raphe. [Oakesia S. Wats., not Tuckerm. ] 
Foliage puberulent. 1. 0. puberula. 
Foliage glabrous. 
Sepals and petals acuminate : anthers with acute connectives. 2. Q. Floridana. 
Sepals and petals obtuse : anthers with obtuse connectives. 3. U. sessilifolia. 
