716 Okder 148.— LILIACE^S. 



late ; segments with a nectariferous pore at the base of each ; anthers 



longer than the filaments ; stigma very short ; berry roundish, 3-celled ; 



6eeds few, hilum with a very slender raphe. — 2£ St. branched. Fls. 



axillary, solitary, generally with the peduncle distorted, or abruptly 



bent near the middle. 



.1 S. roseus Mx. Smooth ; his. oblong-ovate, clasping, margin serrulate-ciliate ; 

 under surface green like the upper ; pedicels short, generally distorted in the mid- 

 dle ; segments spreading at apex ; anth. short, 2-horntd ; stig. trifid. — Can. to Car. 

 and Tenn. A common species, native of woods. Stem a foot or more high, 

 round, dichotomoush r branching. Leaves 2 — t' long, J as wide, ending in a 

 slender point, smooth, but conspicuously edged with minute, rough hairs. 

 Flowers reddish, spotted, suspended beneath the branches, ouo under each 

 leaf. Jn. 



2 S. amplexifolhis DC. Smooth ,• Ivs. oblong-ovate, clasping, smooth and en- 

 tire on the margin, glaucous beneath ; pedicels solitary, geniculate and distorted in- 

 the middle ; sep. long-acuminate, reftexed ; anth. sagittate, acute-pointed, entire ; 

 stig. truncate. — Can. and Mid. States. Native of woods. Stem round, dichoto- 

 mous, 2f high. Leaves 2 to 3' long, £ as wide, very smooth. Peduncles oppo- 

 site the leaf, twisted and bent downwards each with a bell-form, drooping flower 

 gibbous at base, of a pale straw-color. Fruit oblong, red, many-seeded. Jn. (S. 

 distortus Mx. Uvularia L.) 



23. PROSAR'TES, Don. (Gr. TrpoaapTaw, to suspend ; alluding to 

 the pendulous flowers.) Perianth as in Uvularia ; stamens 6, pcrigy- 

 nous, included, with long, filiform filaments ; ovary 3-celled, with 2 sus- 

 pended ovules in each cell ; style elongated, trifid ; berry roundish ob- 

 long, 3 to 6-seeded. — 2£ St. erect, with divergent branches, scattered^ 

 sessile, ovate, thin, pubescent lvs. and drooping, terminal, greenish- 

 purple fls. 



P. lanuginosa Don. Lvs. ovate-oblong, acuminate, cordate or rounded at the 

 clasping base, pubescent beneath ; pedicels in pairs ; perianth segm. linear- 

 lanceolate; style smooth.— Mts. N. Y. to Car., W. to Or. St. 12 to 18' high, 

 2 or 3 times forked above. Lvs. 2 to 3' long, veined. Pedicels 6 to 8'* long, 

 downy. Fls. spreading-bell-shaped, segm. near G" long. Berry red.. May. 



24. UVULA V RIA, L. Bell-wort. (Lat. uvula, the palate ; the 

 flower depends like that organ.) Perianth connivent-campanulate, de- 

 ciduous, deeply 0-partcd ; segments linear-oblong, acute, erect, with a 

 nectariferous cavity at the base of each ; filaments very short, scarcely 

 perigynous; anthers linear, half as long as the petals; style trifid; 

 capsule 3-celled ; seeds few, with a very tumid raphe. — Lvs. alternate, 

 Fls. solitary, terminal, becoming axillary, nodding. 



§ Leaves perfoliate near tlio base. Capsule- obovoirt-trianirular, truncate Xos. I, $ 



§ Leaves sessile or hall-clasping. Capsule ovoid or oval-triangular .Nos. 3, 4 



X XT. perfoliata L. Mealy Bell wort. Lvs. perfoliate, elliptical, subacuto; 

 perianth subcampanulate, tubercidate-scabroas within, segm. acicte ; antJis. cuspidate • 

 caps, truncate. — If Can. and U. S. A handsome, smooth plant, in woods. Stem 

 10 — 1-4' high, passing through the perfoliate leaves near their bases, and dividing 

 into 2 branches at top. Leaves 2 — 3 r by § — 1', rounded at tho base, acute at 

 apex. Flower pale yellow, pendulous. Segments linear-lanceolate, 1£' long, 

 twisted, covered within with shining grains. Anthers §' long. May. (U. flava 

 Smith.) 



2 XT. graneliSora Smith. Lvs. perfoliate, elliptic-oblong, acute ; fl. terminal, soli- 

 tary, pendulous ; segments acuminate, smooth within and without ; anth. obtuse. — 

 U Can. and U. S. Larger than either of tho foregoing. In woods. Stem 12— 

 15 inches high, passing through tho pcrfoliato baves near their bases, dividing 

 into 2 branches at top, one of which bear3 tho large, yellow, pendulous flower 



