LILIACEiE. 896 UVULAKIA. 



13. POLYGON A'TUM. 

 Pcri.inih tiiUnlar, c\ lindraal, G-cleft ; stamens insnied near 

 the siinmiit of the tuhe; berry globose, o-celled, cells 2-seeded. 



Gr. TToXvi, many, yovv, knee ; from the many-jointed rliizoma. Stem 

 simple. Lvs. alternate. Fls. axillary. 



P. MULTIFF.o'RUM. Hook. P. pubcscens, biflora, canaliculata, &c. P. 



Sfeni recurved, hmooth ; leaves distichous, lanceolate, amplexicaul, smooth 

 above; ;;Bf/M«c.''S axillary, 1 — 4-flovvered. In woods. Stem I — 3 feet high, 

 most recurved in the tallest plants. Leaves more or less clasping at base, or 

 only sessile in the smallest plants, 2^ — G inches long, 1 — 2^ wide, nerved, 

 smooth and crlossy above, paler and generally pubescent beneath. Pedutules 

 filiform, branching, scarcely a fil'ih as long as the leaves F'lowers 5 — H lines 

 Ions, pendulous, greenish subcylindric. June. Jointed Solomon's Sciil. 



«.. <ett»es very ainplexicaul, smooth both sides, distinctly nerved; lowe/r 

 peduncles 4-flowered. Plant 2 — 3 feet high. In rich, damp soils. 



fi. jmbesrens ; //■rtr*'* pubescent beneath, slightly clasping ; stem \ — 2 feet 

 high. This variety is most common in New England. 



y. btfiorii ; leaves smooth both sides, \ as wide as long, sessile ; flowers 

 greenish white, 4 — 5 lines long ; stem round. 1 — \h loot high. 



^. canaliculata; stem channeled on the upper side, 



14, UVULA'RIA. 

 Perianth deeply 6-parted ; seiiinriits linear-oblong, acute, 

 erect, with a neciarireroiis cavil) ai tin- l)asi- of each ; hlarnents 

 very short; anthers linear, half as lung as the pelaU ; st} le 

 tritid ; seeds wiih an ai il. 



Derivation uncertain. Leaves alternate. Flowers solitary. Capsule 

 3-celled, many-seeded. 



1 U. sessilifo'lia. 



Leaves sessile, lance-oval, glaucous beneath ; capsule stiped ovate. A com- 

 mon species, found in woods and in grans lands. Stem smooth, slender, 

 (j — 10 inches high, dividing at the to^i into 2 branches, one bearing leaves 

 only, the other, leaves and a flower. Leaves smooth and delicate, dark green 

 above, paler beneath, I— -1^ inches long. The flower is cylindric, near un inch 

 long, yellowish white, of (j, long linear petals. May. BtU-irort. II ild Oats. 



2. U. perfolia'ta. 



Leaces perfoliate, elliptical, subacute ; y'rianth subcampanulate, tuberculate- 

 scabrous within ; anthers cuspidate ; a-pxiile truncate. A handsome, smooth 

 plant, in woods. Stem lU— 14 inches high, passing through the perfoliate 

 leaves near their bases, and dividing into 2 branches at top. Leaves:^ — 3 

 inches long, | — 1 inch wide, rounded at the base, acute at apex. Flower 

 pale yellow, pendulous from the end of one of the branches. Segments 

 linear-lanceolate, 1{ inch long, twisted, covered within with shining grains. 

 Anthers^ inch long. May, rerfoliate Bed-icort. 



3. U. GRANDIFLO'RA. 



Leaves perfoliate, elliptic-oblong, acute ; flower terminal, solitary, pendu- 

 lous ; scirments acuminate, smooth within and vvitliout ; avtiieis obtuse. 

 Larger than either of the foregoing. In woods. Stem 12— lo inches high, 

 passing through the perfoliate leaves near their bases, dividing into 2 branches 

 attop,°one of which bears the large, yellow, [)endulous flower Lvs. almost 

 acuminate, rounded at base. Anthers ^ inch long. May. Large Bell-wort. 



