134 Class VI, Order I. 



.filaments growing to the corolla ; style as long as the stamens. 

 About fences and shady places. May, June. Perennial. 



CONVULLARIA CANALicuLATA. Channelled Solomon's Seal. 

 Stem channelled, leaves alternate, clasping, ob- 

 long, pubescent at the edge, peduncles axillary, two 

 flowered. 



Syn. PoLTGONATUM CANALICULATUM. Pursh. 



Resembles the last, but is distinguished by its angular stalk, 

 Resembles greatly C. polygonatum of Europe, and is by some 

 considered identical. Woods June. Perennial. 



145. UVULARIA. 



UVULARIA PERFOLIATA L. Perfoliate Bellwort. 



Leaves perfoliate ; segments of the corolla gran- 

 ular within, capsule truncated. Mich. 



Has the habit of the last genus. Stem smooth, round, running 

 through the leaves. Leaves oval, smooth, perforated by the 

 stem near their base, furnishing a good example of the perfoli- 

 ate leaf, the sides reflexed when young. Branches axillary. 

 Flowers pendulous, pale yellow, of six petals, their inside cover- 

 ed with small tubercles, dilated toward the bottom and terminat- 

 ing in a hollow nectary. Filaments short, fleshy; anthers twice 

 as long, terminating in a slender point. Germ obovate ; style 

 longer than the stamens and separating into three diverging stig- 

 mas, bell shaped. Capsule three cornered, appearing as if cut 

 off in the middle. Woods, Watertown, Brookline. May. Pe- 

 rennial. 



UFTJLARIA GRANDIFLORA. Sm. Large flowered Bellwort. 



Leaves perfoliate, oblong, acute ; petals smooth 

 inside ; anthers obtuse ; nectaries roundish. 



Similar to the foregoing, but larger, the leaves narrower, the 

 flowers brighter yellow and smooth inside. Woods, Vermont. 

 .May. Perennial. 



