28 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. 



III. UVULARIA. 



Stem slender, branching, erect from a slender, creeping 

 rootstock; leaves alternate, sessile, or perfoliate; flowers 

 terminal, usually solitary, peduncled, drooping, perianth bell- 

 shaped or funnelform, segments 6, distinct, with nectar-bear- 

 ing glands at the base within, deciduous ; stamens 6, short ; 

 ovary 3-lobed, 3-celled, style deeply 3-parted, stigmas spread- 

 ing; fruit a 3-angled or 3-winged, dehiscent capsule, seeds 

 1-3 in each cell. 



1. U. PERFOLIATA L. PERFOLIATE BeLLWORT. Stem gla- 



brous, pale green, forked or branched above the middle, 10-20 in. 

 high ; leaves ovate or oblong, acute at the apex, perfoliate at the 

 base, entire, glaucous beneath, the sides revolute when young ; flowers 

 pale yellow, about 1 in. long, segments lanceolate, granular-roughened 

 within ; stamens about the length of the style ; capsule obovoid, trun- 

 cate, the angles grooved. April-May. In moist woods. 



2. U. GRANDiFLORA Smith. Large-flowered Bellwort. 

 Stem slender, nearly leafless below the fork, glabrous, 12-24 in. high ; 

 leaves ovate or oblong, acute at the apex, perfoliate at the base, 

 entire, smooth above, pubescent below^ ; flowers bright yellow, li in. 

 long, segments linear-lanceolate, smooth within ; stamens longer than 

 the styles ; capsule obovate, truncate, obtusely angled. April-May. 

 In rich woods. More common northward. 



3. U. SESSiLiFOLiA L. Sessilf:-lea VED Bellwort. Stem 

 slender, erect, glabrous, few-leaved below the fork, 6-12 in. high; 

 leaves lanceolate-oblong, thin, acute at each end, margins rough, 

 smooth on both sides, sessile; flowers greenish-yellow, f in. long, 

 perianth segments lanceolate, obtuse, smooth w ithin ; stamens shorter 

 than the style ; capsule stalked, wing-angled. April-May. In rich 

 woods. 



13. LILIACEiE. LILY FAMILY. 



Herbs, or woody plants, the herbaceons species mostly from 

 bulbs or corms ; leaves sessile or sheathing, parallel-nerved, 

 but often with netted veins ; flowers clustered or solitary, per- 

 fect, regular ; perianth corolla-like, 6-parted, rarely 4-parted, 

 the segments distinct or partially united into a tube ; stamens 

 6, hypogynous or perigynons ; ovary 3-celled, many-ovuled, 



