UTRICULARIA 



UVULARIA 



3419 



BBB. Color of fls. purple, violet, or lilac, ivith a yellow 



palate. 



c. Lvs. broader than long. 

 D. Shape of Ivs. reniform. 



5. janthina, Hook, f . Epiphytic Brazilian species 

 growing in the If .-axils of a bromeliad (Vriesia), with 

 kidney-shaped Ivs. and beautiful pale blue or lilac fls. 

 1^ in. across, ornamented by 2 vertical yellow lines 

 on the palate edged with dark violet: Ivs. with stalks 

 4-6 in. long and blades 2-4 in. across: scape about 

 6-fld.: upper lip hemispheric, arching; lower lip trans- 

 versely oblong, entire. B.M. 7466. Intro, by Sander, 

 1892. "Janthina" is the same as "ianthina," meaning 

 violet-colored. 



6. reniformis, St. Hil. Brazilian species found in 

 sphagnum bogs, having kidney-shaped Ivs. and rose- 

 colored fls. with 2 darker lines on the palate: upper lip 

 truncate, emarginate; lower lip 3-lobed, the lateral 

 lobes broad, the midlobe much shorter and scarcely 

 produced. Brazil. Once advertised in this country, but 

 probably lost to cult. Very large for the genus, the Ivs. 

 Yz-\ ft- long and scapes 1 J^-2 ft. high. 



DD. Shape of Ivs. obcordate. 



7. Humboldtii, Schomb. Guiana species, with long- 

 stalked, cordate or obcordate, mostly solitary Ivs. and 

 dark purple-blue fls. 2^ in. across, with a triangular 

 lower lip: scapes about 5-fld. F.S. 13:1390. One of 

 the showiest species. Cult, in England, perhaps not 

 in Amer. 



cc. Li's, long and narrow, linear, oblong or lanceolate. 



8. Endresii, Reichb. f . Epiphytic Costa Rican species, 

 with tubers about J^in. long, solitary Ivs. and pale lilac 

 fls. l%-2 in. across, with a yellow palate: Ivs. 1-3 in. 

 long, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate : scape about 5-fld. 

 B.M. 6656. J.H. III. 49:233. G.Z. 24, p. 217. Var. 

 major, Hort., was once offered. A deciduous species 

 found at altitude of 2,000 feet. 



9. Iongif61ia, Gardn. Fig. 3888. A Brazilian species, 

 perennial and densely tufted: lys. lorate or linear- 

 lanceolate, narrowed into a petiole, to 12 in. long: 

 scape slender, reaching 2 ft., with fls. 10 or less. U. 

 Forgetiana, Hort., intro. by Sander, is said to be a form 

 of this species and the same as the plant figured in Gn. 

 52:142 (adapted in Fig. 3888) under the erroneous 

 title of U. latifolia. It has beautiful violet-purple fls. 

 nearly 2 in. across, with an orange palate. B.M. 8516. 

 G.C.llI. 13:713. The Ivs. are singularly variable or 

 plastic. Under favorable conditions, according to 

 Prain, they may grow out into bladder-bearing stolons 

 and may produce from their tips tufts of leaves and 

 stolons and rhizoids. The species thrives under condi- 

 tions suitable for nepenthes. WILHELM MILLER. 



L. H. B.f 



UVARIA (Latin, from uva, grape, on account of the 

 grape-like clusters of the fruit). Annonace^e. A group 

 very closely allied to the American Asimina, but com- 

 posed of Old World tropical plants, more or less clothed 

 with stellate-pubescent hairs, and with a climbing or 

 scrambling habit. 



Flowers either solitary or in few-fld. clusters, either 

 terminal or If .-opposed; sepals 3, often combined into 

 a cup-shaped calyx; petals 6, in 2 rows, one or both 

 rows imbricate, or overlapping in the bud (not edge-to- 

 edge as in Desmos), often connate at the base; stamens 

 numerous, short, cuneate or nearly truncate, with 

 parallel pollen-sacks on the back, very much as in 

 Asimina, but with the connective either truncate or 

 terminating in a If .-like crest: gynaecium formed of a 

 cluster of carpels projecting from the center of the mass 

 of stamens, and developing into a cluster of pedicelled 

 fleshy berries somewhat like those of Artabotrys or 

 Canangium, but with the seeds usually numerous and 



arranged in 2 vertical rows, as in Asimina, or some- 

 times apparently 1-seriate. Few of this genus are in 

 cult. For the principal Philippine species, see E. D. 

 Merrill, in Philippine Journ. of Science, Section Botany, 

 10 : 22&-30 (1915) . The following species is the only one 

 occurring about Manila. 



rilfa, Blume (U. purpiirea, Blanco). StrsoNG- 

 CALABAO. CARBAO'S TEATS. Fig. 3889. A scandent 

 shrub, often 16-20 ft. in length, the younger parts and 

 lower surfaces of the Ivs. rather densely and softly 

 pubescent with radiating starUke clusters of short 

 rusty hairs: Ivs. oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 

 3-6 in. long, apex acuminate, base rounded or cordate, 

 the petioles very short: fls. extra-axillary or If .-opposed, 

 solitary or 2 or 3 together in depauperate cymes: frs. a 

 cluster of 18-28 pedicelled oblong velvety berries, red 

 when mature; seeds many, in 2 rows, surrounded by 

 whitish, aromatic, acidulous fleshy pulp. According 

 to P. J. Wester the ft. of this species together with that 



3889. Uvaria rufa. a, longitudinal section of fruit; b, 

 cross-section of fruit; c, seeds. 



of an allied species having an orange-yellow, velvety 

 skin and yellowish, granular, somewhat sweetish flesh 

 is offered for sale in the markets of Manila. See The 

 Philippine Agricultural Review 6:321, pi. 7, figs, a 

 and b (1913) for further information. 



W. E. SAFFORD. 



UVULARIA (Latin, urula, palate, referring to 

 the hanging flowers). Liliacese. BELLWORT. "Wm> 

 OATS" in some parts. Graceful woodland hardy peren- 

 nial herbs, useful in the wild border or in heavy shade; 

 not showy, and little planted. 



Stem erect and stout, from a creeping or horizontal 

 short rootstock, naked or scaly at base, forking above : 

 Ivs. oblong, perfoliate, flat and membranaceous: fls. 

 yellow, drooping, in spring, solitary on terminal pedun- 

 cles; perianth narrowly campanulate, deciduous, 

 segms. 6, spatulate-lanceolate, acuminate, obtusely 

 gibbous at base, with a deep honey-bearing groove 

 within bordered on each side by a callus-like ridge: caps, 

 truncate, coriaceous, 3-lobed, loculicidal at summit. 

 About 4 species, N. Amer. Another species sometimes 

 kept in this genus is treated under Oakesia. 



Uvularias grow 1-1 H feet high, with a number 

 of clustered slender stems which are forked and leaf- 

 bearing mainly above. The foliage is of a delicate green, 

 which with the terminal narrow bell-shaped drooping 

 flowers make the plants elegant though not showy. 

 The species are perfectly hardy and easy of cultivation 

 in any light rich soil and a shady situation. They do 

 well north of a wall in a well-prepared border and in 

 such a position they far exceed the plants of the woods 

 in luxuriance. Strong roots may be slowly forced for 

 spring flowering. For distinction from Oakesia, see that 

 genus, to which some of the plants commonly known as 

 uvularias are referred. 



