uvuLARiA. HEXANDRU. MONOGYNIA. 351 



244. UVULARIA. L. 



Corolla inferior, 6-petalled, erect ; petals with a nec-= 

 tariferous cavity at the base of each. Filaments very 

 short; anthers adnate. Stigmas reflexed. Capsule 

 triangular, 3-celled, 3-valved ; valves septiferous in the 

 middle. Seeds numerous, subglobose, arillate at the 

 hilum. Gen. pi. 560. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 224. 

 Ju s s. p. 48. Lam. 111. t. 247. Nat. Ord. Li- 

 LiACEiE Juss. Bell-wort, 



1. U. perfoliata L. : leaves perfoliate, elliptic, obtuse ; 

 corolla campanulate, granular, scabrous within ; anthers cus- 

 pidate. fVilld. Spec. II. p. 94. Smith cxot.bot. I. p. 

 95. t. 49. BoL Mag. t. 955. Pursh FL 1. p. 231. Bi g. 

 Bost. p, 81. Elliott Sk. I. p. 390. Bart. Fl. Am. 

 Sept. 1. p. 32. U. perfoliata <x. miliar Mich. Fl. I. p. 

 1 99. Gron. Virg. 37. Col d. J^oveb. 74. Cornuti 

 Canad. 38. 



Root a large tuft of fleshy fibres. Scem erect, 8—10 inches 

 high, smooth, terete, bifid near the summit. Leaves about an 

 inch and a half long, (when the plant is in fruit much larger,) 

 perfoliate near the base, and slightly cordate, longitudinally 

 nerved. Flowers mostly solitary, pendulous from one of the 

 forks of the stem, pale yellow. Petals linear-lanceolate, rough- 

 ened on the inside with granular eminences. Filaments very 

 short, inserted at the base of the petals ; anthers long-linear, 

 with a subulate point. Germen obovate; style triangular, 

 longer than the stamens ; stigmas filiform, reflexed. Ca/isulc 

 triangular, with concave sides, truncate, 3-celled, 3-valved ; 

 valves septiferous in the middle. Seeds several m each cell, 

 subglobose. 



Hab. In moist woods and shady thickets. May— June. 



2. V.Jlava Sm.: leaves perfoliate, elliptical-oblong, ob- 

 tuse, undulate at the base ; corolla tapering at the base, sca- 

 brous within ; anthers awned. Smith exot. hot. I. p. 97. t. 

 50. Pwrs/i i^/. l.p.231. E Hi o 1 1 Sk. I. ^. 390. 



Floivers larger than in the preceding species, and of a brighter 



yellow. Ph. .. ^ r t r, / 



Hab In shady woods in sandy soil. May— June. Pursh. 



This species I have never seen. It appears to be scarcely 

 distinct from \J . fierfoUala. 



3. U. grandijiora Sm. : leaves perfoliate, oblong, acute 5 

 netalssmoo'th within •, anthers without avvns^ nectaries subro- 

 tund Sm i t h exot. hot. I. p. 99. t. bX. Bot. Mag. 1212. 



