£24 HEXANURIA. MOXOGYNIA. 



sent, having" lancc()late-oblong petals, all without dentures 

 but I have not now specimens wliei-eby to define il. 



Of this genus there is but a single species out of Ame- 

 rica indigenous to Siberia and the souih of Europe. 



^^7. UVULA RI A. L. 



Corolla inferior, 6-petalle(l, erect; claws of 

 the petals each furnished with a nectariferous 

 cavity. Filaments very short, growing to tlie 

 anthers. Stigmata reflected. Cflpsiz/e 3-angled, 

 3-ceIled, 3-vaived; valves septiferous in the 

 middle. Seeds many, subglobose, arillate at 

 the hilum. 



Roots ramose and carneous; leaves sessile or amplexi- 

 caule; peduncles l-iiowered, axillary. 



Species. 1. U. perfoliata. 2. Jiava. o. grandiflora. 

 4. sessilifolia- 5. pubenila. 



A North American genus with the exception of 2 spe- 

 cies in Japan. 



328. STREPTOPUS. Michaux. 



Corolla inferior, 6-peta!led, subcampanulate. 

 Stigma very short. Berry subglobose, smooth, 

 3-celled. Seeds few, hilum naked. 



Roots perennial, fibrous; leaves sessile or amplexicaule; 

 flowers axillary and terminal, pedicells 1 or 2-flouered. 



Species. 1. S. distortus. 2. roseiis. Obs. Stem dicho- 

 tomous; flowers axillary and terminal, soliiai } or by pairs, 

 upon the same pedicell and horizontally divaricate. 4. 

 lannginosus. Flowers by pairs terminal, upon a very short 

 pedicell. 



An American genusi with the exception of S. distorhiSy 

 which is also indigenous to the mountains of Europe. 



329. CONVALLAR(A. i. (Lily of the Valley.) 

 Corolla inferior, 6 cleft, campanulate. Sta- 

 mina shorter than the corolla, inserted upon its 

 base. Berry globose, 3 Crlled; cells 1 to 2- 

 seeded. 



liifohate; scape racemose; flowers nodding. 

 Species. 1. C. viajalis. Common also toEuropej flow- 

 ers fragrant. 



