BUNCH-FLOWER FAMILY 



color. They have nectaries at the base, are rough 

 within, and the tips spread and curve outward more 

 than do those of the Large-Flowered Bell wort. The 



two are frequently found 

 together, but this is a trifle 

 later in bloom and more 

 abundant. 



SESSILE BELL WORT. ^ 

 WILD OATS 



Uvuldria sessifolia. (Oakesia 



sessifdlia [s t ts i Vi f o ); a 



Oakesia, in honor of 

 William Cakes, a New 

 England botanist. 



Perennial by rootstocks. 

 Rich open woods and thick- 

 ets. New Brunswick and 

 Ontario to Minnesota and 

 southward to Florida and 

 Arkansas. Abundant in 

 northern Ohio. May, June. 



Rootsfock. — Slender, creep- 

 ing. 



Stem. — Leafy, ten to 



Sessile Bell wort. Uvuldria sessifdlia twelve inches high, curving, 



angled, forking above the 

 middle, bearing one or two almost terminal flowers. 



Leaves. — Alternate, lance-oblong, acute at each end, 

 glaucous beneath, sessile or partly clasping, rough on the 

 margin, parallel-veined, one or two below the fork. 



Flowers. — Pale yellow, lily-like, drooping, sohtary on 

 terminal peduncles, often hidden by the growth of the 



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