MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 13 
a. (P. BIFLORUM), SMALLER SoLomMon’s SEAL. Leaves minutely 
hairy underneath; stem slender, 1-3 ft. high; most of the peduncles 
2-flowered. 
b. (P. GIGANTEUM), LARGER SOLOoMON’s SEAL. Smooth; stem 
stout and 2-7 ft. high; peduncles 2—8-flowered. 
Il. UVULARIA, BELLWORT. 
Flowers yellow or yellowish, drooping, borne singly at the 
end of the forking stem. Perianth of 6 similar and separate 
narrow spatulate sepals, each grooved and nectar-bearing 
inside toward the base. Stamens 6, with linear anthers, 
which are much longer than the filaments. Style 3-cleft. 
Pod 3-lobed, 3-celled, few-seeded. Leaves alternate, broad 
and parallel-veined. Rootstocks short. 
a. (U. GRANDIFLORA), LARGER BELLWortT. Leaves oblong, with 
the base clasping the stem so as to make it appear to run through 
the leaf a little way from the base; flowers greenish yellow, 11 in. 
long, anthers obtuse. A leafy plant, 1-2 ft. high. 
b. (U. perFoLIATA), MEALY Bettworr. Leaves much as in the 
preceding species; flowers very pale yellow, with shining grains on 
the inner surfaces of the twisted sepals; anthers sharp-pointed ; 
plant about 2 the size of the preceding. 
Ill. QOAKESIA, WILD OATS. 
Plants with much the aspect of the preceding genus, but 
with merely sessile leaves, triangular winged pods, and slen- 
der creeping rootstocks. 
(O. sESSILIFOLIA), Witp Oats, Straw Lies. Leaves lance- 
oval, thin, smooth, pale beneath, 1-12 in. long; flower cream-color, 
nearly 1 in. long. 
IV. ERYTHRONIUM, DOG-TOOTH VIOLET. 
Perianth open bell-shaped, of six parts, with the tips 
recurved. Stamens 6, with flat awl-shaped filaments and 
erect anthers. Style rather long. Capsule obovate. No 
stem apparent above ground. Leaves two, long and smooth, 
tapering into petioles which arise from a pretty deeply buried 
bulb. The (commonly) single, nodding flower is borne on a 
long peduncle (scape), which arises from between the bases of 
the leaves. 
