352 IIEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. uvularia. 



P?/r5/i F/. I. p. 391. Elliott Sk. I. '^. 391. \J. per- 

 foliala 0. major M i c h. Fl. I. p- 1 99. U. lanceolata Wi 1 1 d. 

 Spec, I. p. 9'4. A it. Keio. I. p. 434. 



Flowers larger than in the Wher species, of a beautiful yellow. Ph, 

 Hab. On shady hills, in fertile soil, and among rocks, Canada 

 to Carolina. Pursh. On hills near Troy, New-York. 

 Eaton. 



4. U. sessilifofia L. : stem smooth ; leaves sessile, oval- 

 lanceolate, glaucous beneath ; petals flat, smooth within ; 

 capsules stipltate. fVilld. Spec. II. p. 95. Smith exot. 

 hot. 1. p. lOI. t. 52. Bot. Mag. 1402. Mich. Fl. I. p. 

 199. P?ir5A F/. 1. p. 233. B i g. Bast, ^. fi\. Elliott 

 Sk. I. p. 392. Bart. Fl. -^m. Sept. II. t. 54. f. 1, 



Root perennial. Stem 8—12 inches high, forked near the sum- 

 mit. Leaves smooth, acuminate. Flowers axillary, 1 — 2 on one 

 of the forks of tlic stem, pale yellow ; fietals lanceolate, acute, 

 not granular within. Cafisule ovate, on a short pedicel. 



Hab. In moist shady woods and thickets. May-*-June. 



245. STREPTOPUS. Mich. 

 Corolla inferior, 6-petallecl, subcampanulate. ^S*^?^- 

 mas very short. Berry subglobose, smooth, 3-celled. 

 Seeas few ; hilum naked. " Mi c h. Fl. I. p. 200. 

 Nutt. Gen. I. ip. 224. Uvularia spp. L. Nat. 

 Ord. LiLiACEiE Juss. 



1 . S. rosens M i c h. : smooth and shining ; leaves am- 

 plexicaul, serrulate- ciliate ; anthers short, 2-horned. M i c h. 

 F/. I. p. 201. t. 18. Pursh Fl. 1. p. '232. Elliott Sk. 

 I. p. 392. UvuLAUiA rosea Bot. Mag. 1489. M uhl. 

 Cat. p. 34. 



Root perennial. Stem about 1 8 inches high, dichotomous, terete, 

 smooth. Lea-ves ovate, acuminate, many-nerved, thin and 

 membranaceous ; margin distinctly ciliate. Flowers small, 

 solitary, axillary, on nodding filiform pedicels about three- 

 fourths of an inch in length ; pedicels with a minute lateral 

 process near the middle, where it is commonly geniculate. 

 Corolla rose-ccloured; petals lanceolate, acuminate. Stamens 

 short ; anthers broad, flat, smooth, oblong-cordate, with 2 

 lYiinute horns at the summit. Germen sessile, turbinate, sub- 

 triangular ; style about as long as the stamens; stigmas 3, mi- 

 nute, simple. 



Hab. On mountains. New-England to Carolina. In the High- 

 lands of New-York. Barratt, Sec, Not found near the 

 sea-coast. May — June. 



Mi c h an x' s figure of this species does not represent the 

 ciliate leaves. It resembles much more the following. 



