CONVALLARIACEAE 299 
petals 15-20 mm. long, markedly diis the blades laneeolate: filaments over 
twice as ie as the anthers bius | 
lata  Micehx.] — (NoDDING- -MAND = 
Woods, Blue Ridge to Appa xc Pla- 
teau, Ga. to Ala., Tenn., Ky., an i 
2. D. lanuginosum (Michx.) Nichols. 
Stem 3-9 dm. tall: leaf-blades oblong, 
base: pedicels 20-30 mm. long: sepals 
and petals 14-19 mm. long. scarcely 
din _linear- lanceolate: filaments less 
seeded, smooth. [P. lanuginosa Don.]— 
(YELLOW-MANDARIN. LE various provinces N of Coastal Plain, Ga. to 
Ark., Minn., and N. 
. UVULARIA L. Herbs with terete forking stems. Leaf-blades per- 
foliate, membranous, smooth-margined. Perianth mainly yellow. Sepals and 
petals acuminate. Anthers longer than the filaments. Ovary nearly globular 
or elongate. Seeds about %4 covered with the thin aril.—Represented by the 
following species, and possibly another in Ark.—BELLWORTS. STRAW-FLOWERS. 
Sepals and petals smooth within, mostly over 3 em. long: anthers 
12-16 m 
mm. long: leaves pubescent benea 1. U. grandiflora. 
Sepals and petals eK within, mostly less than 2.5 em. long: f 
anthers 5-8 mm. long : leaves glaucous. 2, U. perfoliata. 
U. grandiflora J. E. Smith. Relatively 
ed than U. perfoliata: leaf-blades 
T due to elliptic-lanceolate: pedicels 10— 
40 mm. long: anther-connectives blunt.— 
Rich poe and thiekets, various prov- 
us N of pi ES Plain, Ga. to Okla., 
d N. H. 
, Que., 
. perfoliata L. Stem 1-8 dm. 
leaf-blades elliptic or dy or slightly 
broadened upward, 3-6 cm. long: pedicels 
= long: anther-connectives acute 
5 mm. 
capsule about 1 em. long.—( STRAW-BELL.) 
Rich woods and thickets, various p 
Fla. to Ark.(?), , and Que.—Spr. 
10. OAKESIELLA Small. Herbs with angled forking stems. Leaf- 
blades sessile, leathery, scabrous-margined. Perianth yellow or greenish- yellow. 
Sepals and petals blunt. Anthers longer than the filaments. Ovary oblong. 
Seeds with a swollen spongy raphe.—fFour species, the following and one in 
New Jersey.—BELLWORTS. HAY-BELLS. MERRY-BELLS. COW-BELLS. 
des oi bractless: sepals and petals not attenuate: capsule dac 
and capsule not stipitate: plant puberulent. 1. O. puberula. . 
