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UVULARIA SESSILIFOLIA. SESSILE-LEAVED 
UvuLARIA. 
Clafs and Order. 
Hexanpria Monocoynita. 
Generic Charatier.—Vid. No. 916. 
Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. 
UVULARIA /efilifolia ; caule glabro fummitate bifido; ra- 
mulo altero fterili, altero unifloro; foliis feffili- 
bus lanceolato-ovalibus fubtus glaucefcentibus ; 
corollz laciniis planis ovalibus ; capfula ovoidea 
ftipitata. Michaux Fl. Bor- Amer. 1. 199. 
UVULARIA /efilifolia. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2.1. 437. Smith. - 
Exot. Bot. 1. 101. tab. 62. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 95- 
Hort, Kew. ed. 2. 2. 247. 
We loft the opportunity of examining the Plant for defcrip- 
tion after it had been drawn. Differs from all the other fpecies 
Known to us in having feffile, not perfoliate nor petioled leaves, 
and which are of an elliptic-lanceolate form, fearcely per- 
ceptibly downy beneath; fegments of the corolla ribbed, 
fmooth on both fides; neétary oblong ; anthers pointlefs. 
Found by Micuav x, in different tra&ts of country from Canada 
to Carolina, and about Charleftown. 
Our drawing was made from a plant imported from North- 
America, by Meffrs. Fraser, of Sloane-Square, in whofe 
colleétion it flowered in May laft. “ 
According to the fecond edition of the Hortus Kewenfis, 
introduced into this country by Mr. AncH1sALD MENZIES 
in 1790. Perfeétly hardy, G, 
