178 Botany of Illinois and Missouri. 
Uvularia lanceolata Wi lid. 
Has. High bluffs of the [linois river. April. 
Differs from U. perfoliata as follows : Petals lanceolate, 
smooth within. -Anthers without, or with very short, awns. 
Pistil shorter than the stamens. The whole plant is larger, 
e flowers much more showy and of a deeper yellow. 
have never observed it on low grounds. 
: Smilacina racemosa Des 
Has. Woods, prairies, and eitavien near St. Louis: 
'y 
HEXANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 
Melanthium virginicum Lin 
Stem 4 to 5 feet high, erect. Leaves sheathing at base, 
12 to 18 inches long, carinate. Stamens of the length of the 
petals. 
_ ‘Has. On the prairies 3 miles south of St. Louis—very 
"This is one of the largest herbaceous plants that I have 
see inflorescence resembles that of Veratrum viride, * 
although the panicle is much larger and more branching. 
Helonias divica Pu rs 
Han, On the prairies in Miss., Tl, id Ohio. April. 
< ‘Trillium viride.* 
Root perennial. Stem 8 to 12 inches high, smooth: 
Leaves ovate, acute, somewhat tapering at base, closely ses- 
sile, 3 to 5 nerved, with whitish spots on the upper surface. 
Plower erect, closely sessile. Leafets of the calyx lanceo- 
late, ovate or lance- linear, an inch and a half long, erect, 
obtuse, broad at base. Petals dark green, fleshy, narrow, 
somewhat spatulate, a little longer than the calyx. Stamens 
ee of the corol. 
[aB. dy banks of streams, St. Louis 
The form : 
ef the calyx leaves is v bl tae f 
my specimens it js nearly 0 eet: ery variable. In one o 
ey rilli jum recurvatum.* 
hege ay inches high, smooth, Leaves ovate lance- 
obovate, nerved, smooth, clouded with darker green, 
