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from a slender, creeping rhizoma. Leaves sessile or perfoliate. Flowers nod- 
ding, solitary, lateral or at the apex of a 1-leaved branch, yellow. 
* Leaves rounded at the base, perfoliate. 
l. U. perfoliata, L. Leaves ovate or oblong, glaucous beneath, the sides 
revolute when young; leaves of the perianth lanceolate, acute, granular-rough- 
ened within, pale yellow; capsule obovate, truncate. (U. flava, Smith.) — 
Woods and thickets, Florida, and northward. April. — Stem 8'- 12! high. 
Leaves 1}/-2}/ long. Flowers 1’ long. 
2. U. grandiflora, Smith. Leaves oblong, pale or closely pubescent 
beneath, the young ones revolute on the margins ; leaves of the perianth linear- . 
lanceolate, acute, smooth within, greenish yellow; anthers obtuse; capsule 
obovate. — Woods and thickets, in the upper districts of Georgia, and north- 
ward. April.— Larger than the preceding. Leaves 2!-5/ long. Flowers 1}/ 
long. : 
gs * * Leaves narrowed at the base, sessile. idis 
3., U. sessilifolia, L. Smooth; leaves lanceolate-oblong, glaucous be- 
neath ; flowers on short naked peduncle-like branches, opposite the leaves ; leaves 
of the perianth lanceolate, obtuse, barely longer than the 3-cleft style; anthers 
obtuse; capsule obovate, stalked. — Rich soil in the middle and upper districts, 
and northward. April. — Stem 6'—12/ high. Leaves 1/-1}! long. Flowers 
8" long. T Wd. > 2 DAE uet. Eo 
4. U. Floridana, n.sp. Smooth; leaves oblong, slightly clasping, glan- 
cous beneath; flowers on a slender l-leaved branch; leaves of the 'perianth 
linear-lanceolate, acuminate, twice as long as the 3-cleft style; anthers pointed. 
— Low shady woods, Middle Florida, March. — Stem: 4! — 6' high. Leaves thin, 
I’ long. Flowers 8" long, pale yellow. 
5. U. puberula, Michx. Slightly pubescent; leaves green on both sides, 
oval, rounded at the base and somewhat clasping, rough on the margins; style 
3-parted nearly to the base, as long as the short-pointed anthers ; capsule ovate, 
sessile. — Mountains of North Carolina. — Flowers yellowish-white. 
2. PROSARTES, Don. 
Perianth bell-shaped, corolla-like, the divisions distinct, deciduous, Filaments 
‘filiform, much longer than the linear-oblong obtuse anthers. Styles united: 
stigmas spreading. Berry ovoid, acute, 3-6-seeded.—A low forking herb. 
Peduncles terminal, not bent nor twisted. - i tees di 
1. P. lanuginosa, Don. (Streptopus lanuginosus, Michz.) — High moun- 
tains of North Carolina. June.— Leaves 2/- 3' long, sessile, ovate-oblong, acu- 
minate, oblique or slightly cordate at the base, 5-nerved, pubescent. Peduncles 
1-2, terminal, slender, pubescent. Leaves of the perianth }/ long, ldnceolate, 
acuminate, 3-nerved, greenish. Style smooth. Berry red. : 
3. STREPTOPUS, Michx, 
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