BUNCH-FLOWER FAMILY. 409 
1. Uvularia perfoliata L. Perfoliate Bellwort. (Fig. 986.) 
Uvularia perfoliata 1. Sp. Pl. 304. 1753. 
Glabrous and glaucous or pale green. Stems 6’— 
20’ high, slender, forked above the middle, usually 
with 1-3 leaves below the fork; leaves oval, oblong 
or oyate-lanceolate, acute at the apex, rounded or 
sometimes narrowed at the base, smooth-margined, 
2’-5’ long when mature, small at flowering time; 
flowers 10’’-16’’ long, pale yellow; peduncle becom- 
ing '4’-1’ long in fruit; perianth-segments granu- 
lar-papillose within, sometimes but slightly so; sta- 
mens shorter than the styles or equalling them, the 
connective sharp-tipped; capsule obovoid, truncate, 
thicker than long, 4’’-5’’ long, obtusely 3-angled, 
with concave sides and grooved angles, its lobes 
dehiscent above. 
In moist woods and thickets, Quebec and Ontario to 
Florida and Mississippi. Ascends to 3500 ft. in Vir- 
ginia. Flowers fragrant. May-June. 
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2. Uvularia grandiflora J. E. Smith. 
Large-flowered Bellwort. (Fig. 987.) 
Uvularia grandiflora J. E. Smith, Ex. Bot. 1:99. fl. 
5r. 1804-5. 
Stems rather stouter than that of the preceding 
species, naked or with 1 or 2 leaves below the fork, 
Leaves perfoliate, oblong, oval or ovate, pubescent 
beneath, at least when young, glabrous above, be- 
coming 2/-5’ long; flowers lemon-yellow, 1/-113/ 
long; perianth-segments smooth on both sides or 
very slightly granular within; stamens exceeding 
the styles, the connective blunt; capsule obtusely 
3-angled, truncate, 4’’-5’’ long, the lobes dehiscent 
above. 
_In rich woods, Quebec to Minnesota, south to Geor- 
gia, Tennessee and Iowa. April-June. 
3. Uvularia sessilifolia L. Sessile-leaved Bellwort. (Fig. 988. ) 
Uvularia sesstltfolia 1. Sp. Pl. 305. 1753. 
coe sesstlifolia §. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 269. 
879. 
Glabrous, stem slender, naked or bearing I or 2 
leaves below the fork. Leaves oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate, 114/-3’ long when mature, thin, sessile, 
acute at each end, roughish-margined, pale or 
glaucous beneath; flowers greenish yellow, 8//-15/’ 
long; perianth-segments smooth; styles exceeding 
stamens; anthers blunt; peduncle %/—-1’ long in 
fruit; capsule sharply 3-angled, narrowed at both 
ends, short-stipitate, about 1’ long, 6’’-8’” thick. 
In moist woods and thickets, New Brunswick and 
Ontario to Minnesota, south to Georgia and Arkansas. 
May-June. 
Uvularia sessilifolia nitida (Britton) Morong, Mem. 
Torr. Club, 5: 111. 1894. 
Oakesia sessilifolia var. (?) nitida Britton, Trans. N. 
Y. Acad. Sci. 9:13. 1889. 
Leaves smaller, bright green on both sides: flowers 
light yellow; capsule scarcely stipitate. Pine barrens 
of New Jersey. Perhaps referable to the following 
species. 
