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leaves ovate, acuminate, rounded at the base, abruptly contracted into 

 a short petiole. T. pictum Pursh. T. undulatum Willd. 



HAB. Shady woods. Can. to Car. May, June. If. Stem 



6 8 inches high. Flowers white, with purple veins near the 



base, on peduncles about an inch long. 



5. T. pusillum Mich. . peduncle erect ; petals scarcely longer than 

 the calyx ; leaves oval oblong, obtuse, sessile. T. pumilum Pursh. 



HAB. Penn. Muhl. S. to Car. May. If .Plant small. Flow- 

 ers flesh coloured. 



6. T. cernuum Linn. ': peduncle recurved ; petals lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, flat, recurved, as long as the calyx ; leaves dilated-rhomboid, 

 abruptly-acuminate, on short petioles. 



HAB. Shady woods. . N. Y. to Car. May. 2j..Stem 1218 

 inches high. Flowers small, white. Berries large, dark purple. 



7. T. erectum Linn. : peduncle inclined ; flower a little nodding ; 

 petals ovate, acuminate, flat, spreading, broader but scarcely longer 

 than the calyx ; leaves broad-rhomboid, acuminate, sessile. T. rkom- 

 boideum var. atropurpureum Mich. T. atropurpureum Curt. 



b. album Pursh : flowers smaller ; petals white. T. i-Jiomboideum 



var. album Mich. 

 HAB. Shady rocks. N. Y. to Car. W. to Miss. May. If. 



Stem 12 15 inches high. Flowers dark purple or white. Var. 



b. is found near this city. 



8. T. pendulum Iffilld. : peduncle inclined ; flower pendulous ; pe- 

 tals ovate, acuminate, spreading, about as large as the ovate acumi- 

 nate calyx ; leaves round, rhomboidal, acuminate, somewhat sessile. 



HAB. Mountains. Penn. to Car. May. If. Stem a foot high. 

 Flower white, with pink veins. 



9. T. grandiflorum Salisb. : peduncle a little inclined ; flower nearly 

 erect ; petals spatulate-lanceolate, connivent at the base, much longer 

 than the calyx ; leaves broadly rhomboid-ovate, sessile, abruptly acu- 

 minate. T. rhomboideum var. grandiflorum Mich. 



HAB. Rocky banks of streams. N. Y. to Car. W. to Miss. 

 May. If. Stem 8 12 inches high. Flower much larger than 

 in any of the preceding, varying from white to rose colour. 



9. UVULARIA. Linn. 



Perianth inferior, 6-parted, erect ; segments with a necta- 

 riferous cavity at base. Stamens 6 ; filaments very short, 

 growing to the anthers. Stigmas 3, reflexed. Capsule 3- 

 angled, 3-celled, 3-valved, Seeds many, subglobose, arillate 

 at the hilum. Hexandria. Monogynia. 



1. U. perfoliata Linn. : leaves perfoliate, elliptic, obtuse ; perianth 

 campanulate, granular within ; anthers awned. U. perfoliata var. mi- 

 nor Mich. 



HAB. Shady hills. Can. to Car. W. to Miss. May, June. 



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