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UVULARIA ROSEA. Red SMALL-FLOWERED 



UVULARIA. 



Generic Charatler. — /?i. A r o. 916. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms, 



UVULARIA rofea ; (fios e minoribus ; capfula baccata ;) caule 

 fubtereti, angulofo-ftriato, fuperne dichotomo flexuofo 

 denfius villofo; foliis fubbifariis, amplexicaulibus, ovato- 

 acuminatis, nudis, ciliatis, a fupino immerfe fubfeptem- 

 coftatis ; pedunculis hirtulis, fingulis pede folii ramei (quo 

 pluries brevioribus) pofitis, uno verfu extrorfum diftortis, 

 recurvatis, fubfimplicibus, fubunifloris (inferioribus f<epius 

 rudimento pedkelli cum /lore abortivofub medium fiipatis ; corolla 

 campanulata, recurvula. G. 



UVULARIA rofea. Perfoon Syn. 1 . 360. 



STREPTOPUS rofeus; glaber, lucidus : foliis amplexicaulibus, 

 ferrulato-ciliolatis : floribus rofeis ; antheris brevibus, bi- 

 cornibus. Michaux Flor. Bar. Amer. 1. 201. tab. 18. 



Desc. Stem about a foot and half high ; downwards fmooth, 

 diftantlv leaved, rounder and lefs ftriate than at the branches, 

 where it is fomewhat comprefled, angularly ftriate, clothed with 

 a fhort thick nap, and alfo ilexuofe ; leaves gradually fmaller 

 and clofer fet as they approach the top of the branches, upper 

 ones about half their own length diftant, the fides of all roll 

 back as they decay ; corolla about the third of an inch deep. 

 We had no opportunity of feeing the bloom. We are obliged 

 to Mr. A 1 ton for the fpecimen from which the drawing was 

 made. Flowered in Kew Gardens towards the end of laft 

 May. Native of Canada and the high mountains of North- 

 Carolina. Hardy. The figure of it, given in Michaux's 

 work, is evidently taken from a dried plant. G. 



