Class VI. Order 1. 135 



UVCLARIA SESSILIFOLIA. L. Sessile leaved BeUwort. 



Leaves sessile, lance-oval, glaucous underneath ; 

 capsule pedunculated ; ovate. Fers. 



Stem slender, smooth, dividing at top into two branches, one 

 bearing only leaves, the other leaves and a flower. The leaves 

 are alternate, thin, smooth, paler underneath. The flower pale 

 yellow or greenish, on a slender axillary peduncle. ' Petals ob- 

 long-linear with an obscure tooth on each side at base. Anthers 

 longer than the filaments. Germ ovp.l, triangular, pedicelled. 

 Style longer than stamens, dividing into three stigmas. Capsule 

 ovate, contracted at base. Woods, Brookline. May- Perennial. 



146. DRACAENA. 



DRACAENA BOREALIS. L. Northern Dracana. 



Leaves oblanceolate ; scape umbclled ; berries two 

 celled. 



Leaves radical or nearly so, a foot long, oblanceolate, smooth 

 and shining, ciliate with fine loose hairs. Scape round, support- 

 ing a terminal umbel of a few handsome green bell shaped flow- 

 ers. Petals sis, lanceolate, spreading, gibbous at base. Stamens 

 erect, anthers oblong. Style erect. Stigma semilunar, com- 

 pressed. Germ superior, oval. Fruit an oblong berry, two 

 celled, few seeded, and of a deep amethystine blue. 



This plant has been improperly associated by Desfontaines 

 with his genus Smilacina, from which it differs in its campanu- 

 late corolla, entire semicircular stigma, and two celled fruit, as 

 well as in habit and colour. I have preferred leaving it where 

 it was placed by Linnaeus, though it differs from the rest of the 

 Dracaenas in some respects. Woods, Gloucester on the Wachu- 

 sett, Monadnock and White mountains. June. Perennial. 



147. ERYTHRONIUM. 



EKYTHRONIUM AMERICANUM. Common Enjthronium. 



Bigclow, Medical Botany, PI. Iviii. 



Scape naked, leaves lanceolate and involute at the 

 point ; style club-shaped, and undivided. 



