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branching raceme of white or greenish flowers. Corollas small, 

 nearly rotate. In low ground. June. Perennial. 



CONVALLARIA MULTiFLORA. L. Many flowered Solomon's seal. 



Leaves alternate, clasping ; stem round ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, many flowered. L. 



A smaller plant than the preceding species. Stem about 

 two feet high, smooth, round, simple, nodding at top. Leaves 

 alternate, oval, nerved, slightly clasping at base. Flower stalks 

 axillary, drooping, branched, supporting several pendulous 

 white flowers. Corollas long, funnel shaped, someAvhat cylin- 

 drical, six cleft. About fences and shady places. May, Juno. 

 Perennial. 



101. UVULARIA. 

 UVULARIA PERFOLIATA. L. Perfoliate BeUwort. 



Leaves perfoliate ; segments of the corolla gran- 

 ular within, capsule truncated. Mich. 



Has the habit of the last genus. Stem smooth, round, run- 

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

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

 foliate leaf. Flowers pendulous, yellow, of six petals or seg- 

 ments, bell shaped. Capsule three cornered, appearing as if 

 cut off in the middle. Woods, Watcrtown, Brooklyn. May. 

 Perennial. 



UVULARIA SESSILIFQLIA, L. Sessile leaved Bellwort. 



Leaves sessile, lance-oval, glaucous under- 

 neath ; capsule pedunculated ; ovate. Pers. 



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 



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