528 LTLIACK.E. (lily FAMILY.) 



3. T. ptlbens, Ait. Stem (l°-2° high) and pedicels rourjhencd with 

 mimtte ijlands ; leaves longer and n:irro\ver. — Pine barrens, New Jersey to 

 Virginia and southward. July. 



12. UVULARIA, L. Bellwort. 



Perianth nearly hell-shapcd, lily-like ; the 6 distinct sepals s])atulate-lanceolatc, 

 with a honey-bciiring groove or pit iit the erect contracted base, much longer 

 thiin the stamens, which barely adhere to their base, deciduous. Anthers linear, 

 much longer than the filaments, adnatc and extrorse, but the long and narrow 

 ceils opening nearly along the margin. Style deeply 3-cleft ; the divisions stig- 

 niatic along the inner side. Pod triangular or 3-lobcd, loculicidally 3-valvcd 

 from the top. Seeds few in each cell, obovoid, with a tumid or fungous rhaphe. 



— Stems rather low, from a rootstock, naked or scaly at the base, forking 

 above, bearing oblong sessile or clasping flat and membranaceous leaves, and 

 yellowish drooping flowers, in spring, solitary or rarely in pairs, on terminal 

 ])e(luncles which become lateral by the growth of the branches. (Name " from 

 tiic flowers hanging like the uvula, or palate.") 



* Leaves claspinc]-jKr foliate : sepals pointed: fiod truncate, 3-lohed : rootstock short. 



1. U. grandiflora, Smith. Stems l°-2° high; flower U' long, pale 

 greenisli-i/'lloiv, tlie si-pnis lu-arljj smooth ivtliin; anthers bluut-poiuted. — Kich 

 woods, Vermont tt> Wisconsin and soutliwcstward. 



2. XT. perfoliata, L. Smaller; sepals ipanular-roiighened within; anthers 

 sharper tipped ; otlR-rwise as No. I. — Common eastward and southward. 



3. U. flava, Smith. Flotvi-r bright yellow, \ long; sepals nearly smooth with- 

 in; anthers short-pointed. — New .Jersey to Virginia: rare. 



* * fjenves sessile : jmd trianijular : stems low (6'- 12'): rootstork creeping. 



4. U. SeSSilifdlia, L. Leai-es lanre-ohlong, pale, glaucous beneath, sessile or 

 partly clasping by a narrow b.asc ; sepals blunt (9" long); anthers pointless; 

 the ovoid and sharply triangular / o / siipitate. — Low woods : common. May. 



5. IT. puberula, Michx. S]i>^ht\y pubemlent ; leaves bright green both sides 

 and shining, oval, with rough edges ; styles separate to near the base, not ex- 

 ceeding the short-pointed anthers ; jiod ovate, not stipitate; otherwise like the last. 



— ^Mountains, Virginia, and southward. 



13. PROSARTES, Don. Pro.sartes. 



Perianth bell-shaped, the 6 sepals lanceolate (n- linear, deciduous. Filaments 

 thread-like, much longer than the linear-oblong blunt anthers, which are llxed 

 by a point above the base, and extrorse. Ovary with 2 ovules suspended from 

 the summit of each cell : style one : stigmas short, recurved-sprcading, or some- 

 times united into one! Berry ovoid or oblong, pointed, 3- C-seeded, red. — 

 Downy low herbs, divergently branched above, with closely sessile ovate and 

 membranaceous leaves, and greenish-yellow drooping flowers, on slender termi- 

 nal peduncles, solitary or few in an umbel. (Name from npoaapTaoi, to hang 

 from, in allusion to the jiciident ovules or flowers.) 



1. P. Ianugin6sa, Don. Leaves ovate-oblong, tapcr-])ointed, rounded 

 or slightly heart-shaped at the base, closely sessile, downy underneath ; flowers 



